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Why I Married Young
Jeremy and I both read the recent New York Times article on women in college — well, at Penn — and their approach to sex and relationships. When we discussed it, we realized we both found one of the quotes from a woman in the piece troubling: “I’ve always heard this phrase, ‘Oh, marriage is…
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Fighting For Freedom and Choice in Texas
In Texas, turning progressive ideals into action can be an uphill battle, especially with a legislature that just last weekend voted to impose severe restrictions on women’s healthcare. Laws on the books here in our state include a 24-hour waiting period before terminating a pregnancy, requiring a sonogram or a trans-vaginal ultrasound to be performed….
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7 Things Jewish Women Can’t Resist
The Internet gives and the Internet takes away. She gave us Jewish women a platform to show the world who we really are through blogging, videos and social and political engagement. And then she gave websites like BuzzFeed the opportunity to cobble together a list of “32 Things Jewish Girls Can’t Resist,” that is so…
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Too Many Orthodox Bachelorettes?
There are many crises happening around the world right now — coups and civil wars, Spitzers and Weiners and what-have-you. But the real serious crisis involves the old Jewish maids crying their eyes dry because no nice Jewish boys will marry them. The yeshivish Orthodox world has been embroiled in the so-called “shidduch crisis” for…
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‘Princeton Mom’ Is No ‘Jewish Mom’
I have a few choice words for Susan A. Patton, the infamous “Princeton Mom,” but I fear my ugly language would cause her to clutch her pearls so tightly it might cut off the oxygen to her brain. Then again, maybe that’s what she needs to smarten up. Earlier this year, Patton sparked outrage and,…
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Swimming for Maccabiah Gold at 70
There are over 900 American athletes competing at the 19th Maccabiah Games currently taking place in Israel. Among them is swimmer Dr. Jane Katz, who broke a record before even getting in to the pool. Katz, 70, is competing in an amazing 14th consecutive Maccabiah Games. While many Jewish athletes have been coming to the…
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When Campus Sex Becomes Part of An Equation
The fact that young adults prefer to hook-up instead of date, and the ensuing hand-wringing that this brings, is old news by now. But in the Sunday New York Times, Kate Taylor posits that in recent years there has been a shift in hook-up culture, as ambitious young women have come to see it as…
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Tisha B’Av, Take One
If you’ve been raised by Orthodox parents, attended only Orthodox schools and camps, and spent two years in Israel studying Jewish topics, it can be a bit embarrassing to realize that after 24 years, you have to check Chabad.org to remember all the rules of Tisha B’Av. But until now, I didn’t need to remember…
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Why We Shouldn’t Call Mothering a ‘Tough Job’
A recent poll from Parents magazine found that 92% of mothers agree with the statement: “There is no tougher job than being a mom.” The survey looked into whether or not the mommy wars actually exist — they don’t — and whether the decision to stay at home or work outside the house is a…
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Personal Lubricants Now Kosher Certified
When the Oreo became kosher 15 years ago, the kosher-keeping world may have thought the milestone would be the climax of kosherization. As of yesterday, they would be wrong. Trigg Labs, the vanilla-sounding brand behind Wet sexual wellness products, has apparently spent the last two years undergoing a koshering process, according to the Herald Online,…
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Mourning Trayvon Martin on Tisha B’Av
Shock. Anger. Sadness. Three emotions that I felt acutely this weekend, when a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin. But those three emotions can’t begin to describe the heartache and sorrow I feel. I’ve had a heavy heart these past few days. So heavy that words seem inadequate; I haven’t…
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