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Free Plan B!
For all the Obama Administration’s alleged embrace of science over ideology, it is still stalling and stonewalling one of the most obvious pregnancy prevention measures around: the easy availability of emergency contraception (EC), or the morning-after pill, over the counter to consumers of all ages — and genders. Even after being roundly chastised by a…
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Why Pop the Question At All?
Forget about the exorbitant price tags that come with many weddings these days. Try $45,000 for a marriage proposal. That’s what ad agency exec Josh Ogle spent last year on an elaborate, scripted, national-media-attention-grabbing proposal to Nataliya Lavryshyn, which included a custom ring, a vintage car to whisk the couple away, and a Pulitzer-prize winning…
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Shabbat War Rages — Over Makeup
We all expect makeup to do exactly what it promises, right? A woman in Monsey, N.Y., has filed a lawsuit in federal court against cosmetics giant Lancome saying that its “24-hour foundation” doesn’t last for 24 hours, which she needs to make it in full makeup through Shabbat. Rorie Weisberg is charging, in her lawsuit,…
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Aly Raisman Out-Dances Andy Dick on ‘DWTS’
Every week, Dancing with the Stars comes up with a new way to torture its already-frazzled celebrity contestants, from a solo dance to a faceoff against a pro dancer. This week, the celebrities and their partners were paired against each other. In some cases, that was bad news, but for Aly Raisman it was great…
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Books Teaching Orthodox Couples About Sexual Dysfunction
Sexual dysfunctions within relationships are more common than ever today, with an estimated 40% of women and 30% of men suffering from sexual dysfunctions, according to a new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical school. Many women experience pain during intercourse, which could relate to conditions like vaginismus, dyspareunia, and vulvodynia, while common male…
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Did Adam and Eve Get Alone Time?
Part of the idea of marriage is to bind together with another human being; the word marry actually means “to combine,” and the idea of marriage in Jewish tradition, beginning with Adam and Eve, is to be “united…and become one flesh.” It’s all very romantic and wonderful sounding, until you remember somewhere down the line…
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The Salon: Kotel’s Egalitarian Future
Is an egalitarian section the best solution for the Kotel? That’s one of many questions that editor-in-chief Jane Eisner and Change the Ratio founder Rachel Sklar discuss on the latest episode of The Salon on the Jewish Channel. Watch it below, and click here for more discussions about the morning after pill, Margaret Thatcher’s legacy…
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Domestic Gun Violence in Israel
Back in December 2011, I wrote here at The Sisterhood about the lack of attention in Israel toward violence against women. At that time, there had been 12 cases of women murdered by their husbands or other family members as a result of security guards taking their weapons home after work. Now that number is…
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Why Is Unplugging So Hard To Do?
This is the second post in a Sisterhood series by Nina Badzin on gadgets, family and work. Immediately after Passover, I announced my intention to cut the cord on technology — specifically, to reduce my iPhone use in half by next spring. Inspired by the themes of the holiday, I decided to stop acting like…
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Mommy’s Paycheck vs. Daddy’s
Last week on the New York Times’ parenting blog Motherlode, Jessica Grose wrote about why it is important for mothers to not, consciously or semi-consciously, earmark the money they earn for childcare expenses. She talks about how she started seeing her freelance writing assignments in terms of how many diapers or onesies they could cover,…
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Why I Cried in the Mikveh
I went to the mikveh recently, and it was the first time that I didn’t cry. For married women, going to the mikveh comes at the end of the niddah, or the length of the menstrual cycle, plus seven days. It concludes niddah; after a woman dunks in the mikveh she can touch her husband…
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