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Vatican Enlists Naomi Klein To Fight Climate Change
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It wasn’t an invitation she expected, but Canadian environmentalist Naomi Klein – a self-styled secular Jewish feminist – was happy to address Vatican officials after Pope Francis enlisted her for a campaign against climate change. Pope Francis, spiritual leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, published a 192-page encyclical last…
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L’Chaim to Marriage Equality, but Our Work Isn’t Finished
(JTA) — Four years ago, I stood under a chuppah with the woman I was about to marry overlooking a valley in Massachusetts. I have an emotional memory of sweetness and joy from my wedding day, but I can’t recall many specific moments. What I do remember vividly is the end of our ceremony, when…
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When Silence is Not Consent
In her recent New York Times article, Judith Shulevitz expresses concern about the new proposed affirmative consent laws, what is commonly referred to as “yes means yes” laws. Shulevitz seems most disturbed by the idea that to demand positive agreement to define consent within a sexual encounter will produce too much uncertainty and leave too…
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Why ‘Clueless’ Heroine Is Still a Role Model
It’s been 20 years since Cher Horowitz, heroine of the 1995 teen classic “Clueless,” revolutionized what it means to be a Jewish American Princess. Today, Cher’s legacy is a cultural staple, evident in our speech, fashion, and even our values. Innocent, sassy, and “totally clueless,” Cher Horowitz, played by Alicia Silverstone, was based loosely on…
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Working Mothers Have More Successful Daughters, According to Recent Depressing Study
Working mothers have more successful daughters and more caring sons according to a conducted by Harvard Business School. The study suggested that the daughters of working mothers are more likely to work, to be in a supervisory position and to earn more money than daughters of women who don’t work outside the home. “After reading…
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The Tax Lawyer Who is Reinventing Jewish Music as Brazilian Song
“Raizes” is not exactly “My Yiddishe Samaba Mama” — but it is close. “Raizes” — Portuguese for roots — is the newest album from Nicole Borger, a woman whose background is as unique as her music: Jewish songs such as “Abi Gezunt” and “Shlof Mayn Feigele” sung to a Brazilian beat. Borger — she records…
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Pulpit Plus One: ‘Unspoken Expectations’
“Pulpit Plus One: The Secret Lives of Rabbis’ Husbands, Partners, and Wives” features the voices and experiences of the partners of pulpit rabbis. In this interview series, “Pulpit Plus One” takes an honest and lively look into the nuances of a complex role. Hayley grew up Reform, and is married to Jason, a Modern Orthodox…
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Does ‘Breast is Best’ Apply in Synagogue?
When model Nicole Trunfio appeared on the cover of June’s Elle Australia , the hashtag #normalizebreastfeeding generated on Twitter and Instagram, with both women and men discussing the importance of being able to breastfeed publicly without being censored or sexualized. Women posted pictures of themselves breastfeeding to social media platforms, demonstrating that the act is…
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Sorry Mindy Kaling, Your Instagram Photo Is Not Sophie’s Choice
A few weeks ago, the comedian and actress Mindy Kaling wanted to a share a dilemma she was facing with her 1.6 million Instagram followers. She posted a photo with the following: “Sour straws vs. chocolate shell. Sophie’s choice at age of ultron. I mean, THIS IS THE MOVIE.” I get that Kaling was trying…
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Remembering Bonna Devora Haberman’s Joy
I’m looking at the lines in my notebook “Bonna Devora Haberman [email protected]” written carefully in neat precise handwriting. I had never imagined that only a few weeks after she gave me her email, Rabbi Haberman would no longer be in this world. Although she apparently had cancer for a while, in my blindness she didn’t…
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In Britain, Jewish and Muslim Women Connect Over Mitzvah Day
(JTA) — Good deeds can be contagious. Just ask Laura Marks, a British Jew who is widely credited with creating one of her community’s most widely celebrated new traditions: an annual Mitzvah Day, now in its 11th consecutive year, in which thousands of British Jews perform charity work in retirement homes, homeless shelters, hospitals and…
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