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News Finding God — Who’s a She — at the Kohenet Institute
While leading a prayer session recently, on the eve of the Sabbath, surrounded by a small crowd of other Jews, Kohenet Sarah Chandler picked up her prayer book and prepared to pray. But something was different. On the cover of her prayer book there was an illustration of a female figure, her body intertwined with…
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News Gloria Steinem: Electing Hillary Clinton Won’t End Sexism
Five decades after she helped launch the feminist movement, Gloria Steinem hopes to see a woman sit in the White House next January. But as she told National Public Radio in an interview last Friday, she’s under no illusion that sexism will soon disappear. “I’m more dismayed than thrilled because I think the level of…
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Life Links For Later
Below, dear Sisterhood readers, you will find links to some stories that at least one Jewish woman (moi) thought seemed enticing. -At Eater, Charlotte Druckman published a Paris dining guide with a Jewish twist: “I remember, as we walked the narrow, cobblestoned streets with even narrower sidewalks that are the oldest part of the city,…
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Life The Day Miss Universe Saved Feminism
After the DNC convention in late July, Full Frontal’s Samantha Bee delivered one of her greatest rants to date. She reminded viewers of Hillary Clinton’s many credentials and endorsements, including the ones from Presidents, Republicans and “half the fucking Pentagon”. She concluded with an eerily spot-on premonition: “That is how good you have to be…
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Yiddish World The Making Of The First Female Hasidic Civic Court Judge
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. In the final countdown before the election, Ruchie Freier was still uncertain whether she would win the race for Civil Court Judge. But win she did, and starting in January 2017, she’ll become the first Hasidic woman ever elected to this high position. Sipping hot tea with…
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Opinion On Labor Day, Let’s Consider a New ‘Woman of Valor’
“Eishet Chayil.” The woman of valor. We never sang it in my home — it wasn’t part of our Shabbat tradition — but I’ve sat many times throughout my life at tables where the song was sung, the old dirge melody, ostensibly in honor of the woman of the house. Singing the song, I was always told,…
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Life Why Glamour Is the Perfect Outlet for Obama’s Feminist Manifesto
Obama’s recent personal essay on his feminism was smart and relatable. But as well-written as it was, I don’t want to talk about it. The piece speaks for itself. I want to talk about the medium. While any publication in the world would’ve been delighted to feature an exclusive piece written by the sitting President…
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Life Why Sarah Jessica Parker Is Wrong to Deny Being a Feminist
It seems Sarah Jessica Parker has got the meaning of feminism all wrong. The “Sex and the City” actress praised the values of gender equality and fair pay in a recent interview — but she denied being a feminist. “I am not a feminist. I don’t think I qualify,” Parker told Marie Claire. “I believe…
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