The author and her mother // Courtesy of Laura Harari This Mother’s Day, I’m getting creative with my flower arrangement. I’m filling it with kale. Not only does it top the list of the trendiest vegetables of 2014, it is also a tribute to my mother: a slim, tall, Jewish Sofia Vergara, who was way…
How can Jewish charities afford to spend so much money on Israel? It doesn’t hurt that federal, state and local governments in the United States spend billions subsidizing many of the other things the charities do. Israel-related not-for-profit organizations get more contributions than any other type of Jewish agency, as the Forward reported last week….
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers whether business owners can object on religious grounds to a provision of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law that requires employers to provide health insurance that covers birth control. In one of the biggest cases of the year, the nine justices will hear an extended 90-minute oral argument, with…
U.S. Jewish organizations used social media to reach as many people as possible in an effort to convince them to sign up for health care under the Affordable Care Act. During Tuesday’s Jewish Community Day led by the National Council of Jewish Women, or NCJW, Jewish activists reached out to as many people as possible…
This past summer was the first time I can remember — maybe since childhood — where I didn’t have to wear spandex, shorts, Spanx, tights or some other thigh-chaff-resistant garment. I’ve naturally lost weight since winter, about a pant size or two. Now, each time I wear a dress or skirt, I leave my apartment…
Meet the Brooklyn mom and entrepreneur behind “The Camp Gyno,” the viral video that has racked up almost 5.5 million views in just a couple of weeks, and drawn the attention of many major media outlets. The video was conceived as an introduction to HelloFlo, a subscription service for women’s periods founded last March by…
In a story from the operating theater of the absurd, Israel’s Channel 2 news reported on July 8 that a woman was denied a scheduled D&C for a missed abortion because of an arcane aspect of halacha. The report is in Hebrew, but there is a related English language blog post in 972 Magazine. According…
Let’s focus now on two bits of news that made headlines as July opened. The first came from the Texas Capitol in Austin, where the newly famous Wendy Davis joined fellow lawmakers in a rally against legislation that would effectively restrict most abortions in the state. Davis, you remember, spent more than 10 hours on…
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