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Life How My Father Became a Feminist in the Delivery Room
As my dad tells it, my birth coincided with the birth of his identity. A little less than 23 years ago I made him a father, yes, but I also gave him a unique piece of identity that has in some ways been more defining in our father-daughter relationship. My father grew up in northern…
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Opinion Why We Still Need Intersectionality
Intersectionality is fundamentally broken. It has failed Jews — not by accident, by design — and should be abandoned as a model for achieving equality. So argues Batya Ungar-Sargon in her recent opinion piece, “Intersectionality Has Abandoned Jews. Should Jews Abandon Intersectionality?” in The Forward. The latter point, I will concede. Those using intersectionality as…
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The Schmooze Chabad Offers Ivanka-Style ‘Lean In’ For Orthodox Women
Forward Fashion writer Michelle Honig and Forward pop culture writer Jenny Singer attended the Batsheva Women’s Gala, the inaugural event for the Jewish women’s empowerment organization, together recently. One woman attended because of her fascination with modest dress and Orthodox woman entrepreneurship, and the other because of her lifelong dedication to spending time in the…
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Life Studying Talmud As A Woman Is Often Lonely. But It Doesn’t Need To Be.
When I first started studying Talmud regularly, I attended an otherwise all-male class taught by a rabbi in a local synagogue in Jerusalem. I sat in the back corner of the room, but the walls of the classroom were transparent and I was conscious that everyone walking in or out of the main building of…
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The Schmooze Is Sex A Human Right? The Talmud Passage That Has The Answer Has Gone Viral.
The Talmud is like that friend of yours who has something to say about everything, and everything to say about sex. It’s a sizable text (the Steinsaltz Bavli Talmud, for example, is 29 volumes in total) that acts like a great, organically growing comments section — a literary Jewish reddit spanning hundreds of years, written…
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Food Nigella Lawson Opens Up About Cooking As A Feminist
Nigella Lawson is flawless. She has a cooking show and her own line of cookware. Her new cookbook At My Table: A Celebration Of Home Cooking is a cozy glimpse into the friendly, reassuring world of home cooking. Angelina Jolie was going to play her in a movie. Blood, Bones and Butter is one of…
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Life Breaking The Glass Ceiling For Female Cantors
Rebecca Garfein was fifteen years old when the man seated in front of her turned around, at the sound of her pleasant singing voice, and offered her an opportunity that would lead her on the path to become a cantor. At the time, Garfein didn’t even know what a cantor was. Throughout her childhood, Garfein…
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The Schmooze ‘I Feel Pretty’ Failed At The Box Office Because We Can’t Handle Women Who Hate Their Bodies
In ‘I Feel Pretty,’ Renee Bennett (Amy Schumer) hates herself. She hates her face and she hates her body. She hates her clothing and her job and her office. She hates her life. Then she hits her head and believes she has transformed into the form of a runway model, and every aspect of her…
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