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What’s Wrong With Modern Dating?
As with many great revelations, the benefits of practicing Shomer Negiah did not occur to me until I was on my couch in my pajamas, Facebook-stalking a guy I had dated. The moment I clicked on his profile, I suddenly noticed that he had listed himself as “in a relationship” less than one month after…
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Remembering Another Israel, Another War
There is little room in today’s news coverage for ten-year-old memories. The instant, the current, the now is what we want. We want to read about events as they happen, described by witnesses who are there, and as we read we scan the page hoping that the words aren’t all there is; we want video…
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Attachment Parenting the Source of Mayim Bialik’s Divorce?
Mayim Bialik is a pretty cool Jewish woman. Not only is the actress, who managed to remake her career after becoming a teen star on 1990s television series “Blossom” successful, but she is also successful in a unique way. She earned a doctorate in neuroscience and has made a career out of being that sharp,…
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Domestic Workers, an Invisible, Exploited Workforce
Domestic workers are a visible fixture where I live in Manhattan, caring for the elderly, cleaning apartments, shepherding kids to playdates and playgrounds while mom and dad are at work. But in many ways, they have long been an invisible and exploited workforce. They are considered “help” and not “labor” by truly misguided social convention….
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What Not to Buy Jewish Women
Are you Chuppah Material? Maybe you’re a Challah Back Girl. Do you identify as a Faygeleh Hag? Kitschy, campy Jewish t-shirt-makers want you to wear their (questionable) slogans across your chest in the form of body-hugging “girl shirts.” They aim to be more clever than the ubiquitous and glittery “Chai Maintenance” shirts sported by every…
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Being A Mom in the Midst of War
To protect has always seemed to me to be the first duty of the parent. Living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with my husband and three young children, I knew what it was I wanted to shield my children from: violence, fear, social disorder so profound that it would unsettle their very sense of safety in…
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Why I’m Nostalgic For Hasidim
While attending a major Las Vegas tech conference for work a couple of years ago, I found myself following a Hasidic couple around the convention center. Their presence at the tradeshow was not completely shocking — many religious Jews work in consumer electronics sales (just look behind the counter at B&H in New York City…
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Fashion Legend Leah Gottlieb Dies at 94
We take lycra and hard-cup bras in bathing suits for granted. But at one time, they actually had to be introduced to beachwear fashion. The person to do so was Gottex founder Leah Gottlieb, who died on November 17 in Tel Aviv at age 94. Gottlieb, a Holocaust survivor who arrived penniless to Israel in…
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No Women Allowed in the Bomb Shelter
Amid all the Facebook posts about the heart-rending violence taking place at this moment in Israel and Gaza, this photo of a bomb shelter door in Ashdod leapt out. It says that the bomb shelter is only for men and boys. We don’t know if there is a separate shelter right next to this one,…
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Anti-Semitism In My Own Back Yard
When I woke up last week it seemed the local (that is, Connecticut) news was full of stories about unlikely dangers in our midst. First there were moose, bears and other wild animals prowling the streets. And then there were anti-Semites. I’d seen a few articles about the ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents for…
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The Toll of Street Harassment
Last Thursday as I was standing outside of my apartment building with a friend, a stranger approached me from behind and slapped me, very hard, on my rear end. The moment reminded me of the time I was in a minor car accident, so physically jarring that I was rendered speechless. My friend yelled a…
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