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A Defense of the Jewish Goodbye
The most popular story on Slate right now is a call for “ghosting,” or, in slightly more ethnophobic terms, the “Irish goodbye.” In it, Seth Stevenson argues that bidding adieu is inevitably awkward and therefore pointless and the expectation to do so should be done away with in polite society. Better to email or text…
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My 2% Divorce Dilemma
I was talking to a friend once, a woman who’s been married for a few years, and she said, “There will be times when you’ll think to yourself, ‘Why did I marry him? Did I make a terrible mistake?’ And that’s okay.” Out of relief, out of gratitude for her speaking so honestly, out of…
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Paula Deen and the Oppression Olympics
The website XOJane.com published a post by one of its regular contributors, India-Jewel Jackson, entitled “Let’s Talk Paula Deen and Apology Culture – Should Celebrities Be Forced to Apologize In Spite of Their Beliefs?” However, it wasn’t Jackson’s post on June 24 that caused controversy among the blog’s devoted followers – it was one of…
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Why I Love My Modest Bathing Suit
And now for a piece on dressing modestly that, at least at first, seems to have nothing to do with disrespect for women and the continuing war on women’s personal and civil rights and freedoms… I just bought my first swim dress. In other words, this summer I’ll be wearing a lovely dark purple bathing…
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Goodbye JAPs, Hello ‘Betches’
Ever since I’ve discovered the site Betches Love This (thank you, New York Times and your lack of sufficient “trend pieces” for theThursday sections), I’ve been trying to figure out what exactly irks me about the website so much. Or, in “betch” terms, why is it that whenever I see its homepage, I totes want…
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4 Jewish Things for Fourth Of July
This Saturday, American Jews will light candles for havdalah and of fireworks for the Fourth of July. Most American Jews trace their roots to immigration booms in the late 19th or early 20th century. But when the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, there was already a significant Jewish presence in the…
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Tami Taylor’s Back Y’all!
When “Friday Night Lights” ended I cried for two full days, partially because my and the whole world’s favorite show was ending and partially because I was losing my best friend. As the final credits rolled and the camera panned out on Coach and Mrs. T walking hand-in-hand on a football field not in Texas,…
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Searching for Impermanence
[Miya Ando][1], an artist whose solo show “Impermanence” recently opened at New York’s Sundaram Tagore Gallery, is a product of two worlds. The daughter of a Russian (via California) Jewish father and Japanese Buddhist mother, she grew up in a temple and didn’t learn English until she was seven years old. Her older sister, Aviva,…
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Challah for My Hubby
Baking challah does not seem like a particularly frightening task. Time-consuming and delicate, yes, but not scary. But for many years, I viewed challah as something more powerful than its ingredients. Challah, to me, posed a challenge about love and marriage. In my all-girls high school — a wonderful school, I might add, though at…
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How to Get Jewish Grandchildren
I found myself surprised by the critical response Caroline Rothstein and Debra Nussbaum Cohen got for explaining why they feel Jews should marry Jews. Rothstein wrote about why she only dates Jewish guys and Nussbaum Cohen about why she wants her children to marry Jews. I see no problem with the act of wanting a…
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Antifeminists vs. Real Feminist Fighters
This week professional antifeminist trolls Christina Hoff Summers and Kay Hymowitz both posted another round of sallies about how the feminist movement is failing women, who just may be natural nurturers after all. But this time around they didn’t get the usual traction and ire that they look for with these kinds declarations. The reason…
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