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I’m One Hot Chani
As an Orthodox woman, I understand the unique challenges men, especially Orthodox men, face daily in controlling their beastly sexual impulses. I understand because I live with a man. An Orthodox man. Men, before you get all riled up about my sexist statement, allow me to explain. In a recent article, blogger PopChassid addresses this…
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How My Marriage Changed My Friendships
I’ve written about the changing nature of finding friends post-college, but I’ve not yet written about how friendships themselves change, particularly friendships with men. My friendships with men shifted before marriage, back when Jeremy and I were still dating. In fact, it was one of the indicators that our relationship was becoming more serious: I…
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The First World Problem of Prepping for Camp
There’s a popular hashtag on Twitter called #FirstWorldProblems. People vent about issues lacking true urgency then toss the words #FirstWorldProblems at the end to acknowledge that their problems are the “problems” of the fortunate. The most blatant #FirstWorldProblem of the summer arrives in the form of parents worrying about the details of overnight camp. What…
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R.I.P. Breadwinner Marriage
In a recent op-ed for the New York Times, professor Stephanie Coontz explains how marriage has not only survived the great upheaval that is the women’s movement, but is actually stronger because of it. These days, high-achieving women are more likely to get married, the later a woman gets married (when she is presumably more…
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Historic Agunot Summit Pushes for Jewish Divorce Court
I cannot fathom the idea of working on a problem for 40 years. And yet, there is a whole group of Jewish women — and a handful of men — who have been doing just that. These are the agunah activists, some of whom have been fighting to find solutions for agunot — women trapped…
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More Fertile Than I Thought?
By now every woman with even the slightest interest in birthing babies has probably read Jean M. Twenge’s article “How Long Can You Wait To Have a Baby”, in the July/August issue of The Atlantic. If you’ve managed to miss it, and the comments it generated in all corners of the Internet, here’s the short…
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Orthodox, Married — and For Gay Marriage
As an Orthodox Jew, the first time I ever seriously questioned the validity and applicability of the Torah — indeed, perhaps the only time — was when I thought deeply about the issue of homosexuality. I believe that the Bible comes from God, and I believe in the commandments within. However, I also believe that…
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Why Elle Magazine Isn’t Taken Seriously
Can women’s magazines produce serious journalism? The Twitterverse and Facebook have been abuzz trying to answer this very question over the past week, in response to British magazine Port’s choice of showing all male editors on their “new golden age of journalism” issue. I learned about the debate on Facebook via Robbie Meyers, Elle Magazine’s…
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Why Combining Abortion with Austerity Is Wrong
For years now at the Sisterhood we’ve been following a series of rollbacks of abortion rights and contraceptive access known as the War on Women. Despite losses at the voting booth and public opinion, far right wing legislators can’t stop and won’t stop pushing laws and regulations that hurt women and threaten providers. Resistance is…
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Why I Want My Children To Marry Jews
Thanks to Caroline Rothstein for her Sisterhood post “Why I Date Only Jewish Guys.” I read in it that yes, she dates only Jewish guys — but not a clear articulation of why. I’m the mom of 3 adolescents, ranging in age from 12 to 19. Since they were little, I have made it clear…
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Babs Plays the Holy Land
It was Barbra Streisand’s 100th performance in 50 years and the first time she performed in Israel—and most likely her last—when she took to the stage inside Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield stadium last Saturday night. The 71- year-old doesn’t like performing, she revealed, while explaining the presence of a giant teleprompter which broadcasted both lyrics and…
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