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Sponsored: Destigmatizing Infertility, Expanding Access To Treatment
By Ruth Ann Freedman As Rosh Hashanah approaches, suddenly it seems like pomegranates are everywhere, the seeds symbolizing the 613 mitzvot and fertility. Yet the commandment “to be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28) is far easier for some families than others. When I was 18 years old, I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome. I…
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Tel Aviv Restaurants & Bar Guide
One of the best things about Tel Aviv (you know, aside from the weather, beach, hospitality, electric scooters, et cetera, et cetera), is the restaurants. A lot of these restaurants double up as bars, and vice versa, so in this article, we’ll list the best of both. You’ll have a lot of ground to cover,…
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Sponsored | English to Hebrew Translations: Phrases You Need to Know
Finally going to Israel? You’ve probably thought of everything – bathing suits, shoes, unlimited pairs of underwear, and some extra bags for hikes and weekend escapes. But did you think about what to say to the bus driver when he won’t open the back door for you to get off at your stop? Or how…
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Around the U.S., Standing Up for Reproductive Choice on the National Day of Action
On Tuesday, women’s health advocates across the political spectrum sent a loud and clear message in support of reproductive rights during the National Day of Action. In every state around the country, according to USA Today’s count, there were more than 450 events, a rapid-response mobilization sponsored by dozens of national organizations, including Hadassah. “They’re…
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Pushing Forward a Vision for Women’s Health
By Ellen Hershkin “Self-care” is the buzzword of the moment for women, but what does it really mean when women’s health disparities in America have elicited a growing alarm among the public, and policymakers? Women need real tools to help navigate their own health, from education, to apps, to community resources. But the burden and…
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Connecting The Dots This Passover: Women & Philanthropy
Each year, we recount the story of Passover and, within it, a heroic moment of lifesaving, one with ripple effects of epic proportions — including the redemption of the Jewish people. It’s a game-changing moment, an act of bravery that defined the Jewish people and made the Exodus and our shared history possible. Our hero,…
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Swastikas in Playgrounds? The Signs Are Clear — It’s Time to Act.
“Are swastikas in playgrounds the new normal?” tweeted a New York City Councilman. Twice in three days late last month, swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti were found in New York playgrounds — in Brooklyn and Queens, among the most ethnically diverse urban areas in the world. On the first Monday of March, across the country…
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We Still Have Work To Do.
By Rabbi Rebecca Sirbu 2018 was the “Year of the Woman.” More women were elected to Congress than ever before. The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements continued to bring issues of sexual harassment and gender bias in to the news, and women (and men) showed up in the streets, online – and everywhere — to advance…
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When Tragedy Strikes, New York Jews Turn To This Historic Funeral Company
Riverside Memorial Chapel has witnessed over a century of New York’s Jewish history. From its beginning in 1897 as a livery stable on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, to the opening of a funeral business in Harlem in the early 1900s, all the way to the inauguration of the four-story chapel on the Upper West Side…
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Health Inequity Puts Women’s Lives at Risk
Two months ago, journalist Suzannah Weiss went viral with a tweet about how it took 11 months and 17 doctors to diagnosis her chronic condition. Tennis champion Serena Williams saved her own life by recognizing her blood clot symptoms shortly after giving birth, insisting that doctors and nurses perform additional tests. Lena Dunam had her…
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MeToo: A Women’s Health Issue
With the rise of #MeToo, our nation and institutions are at long last doing some of the difficult work of recognizing — and responding to — how deeply pervasive sexual violence and harassment are. But what we need to do is recognize some of the physical and social impacts of this issue. The Jewish community…
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