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Life Meet The ‘Accidental Bra Fairy,’ Providing Women In Need With A Different Kind Of Support
“Homeless women need bras.” Those four words were life-changing for Dana Marlowe when she first heard them in 2015. Known as “The Accidental Bra Fairy,” Marlowe has distributed more than 500,000 bras and 2.5 million personal hygiene products to women in need. During last month’s government shutdown, Marlowe put out a Facebook post in which…
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Life Our Top Stories For International Women’s Day 2019
In honor of International Women’s Day, we here at the Forward are taking a moment to look back at the reporting and commentary on Jewish women’s issues that graced our pages in the last year: Batya Ungar-Sargon, Opinion Editor: Can We Talk About Rape In The Holocaust? I had never thought about rape in the…
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The Schmooze Happy International Women’s Day! Here Are 19 Funny Jewish Women You Should Follow On Twitter
It’s International Women’s Day, which means exactly as much or as little as you let it. To start you off, we’ve rounded up the funniest, spiciest Jewish women on Twitter. Follow them! It will elevate their voices and your endorphins. If you’re going to be letting your time free-fall through the bottomless pit of the…
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The Schmooze 9 Brilliant Jewish Women On How We Should Live Today
It’s International Women’s Day, whatever that means. For McDonalds, it means turning its giant “M” insignia upside down. For Mattel, it means issuing Barbies based on famous women in history. But what does it mean for non-giant corporations? We gathered quotes from some of the most dynamic Jewish women thinkers alive today on how to…
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Life What Anti-Zionists Like Linda Sarsour Get Wrong About Feminism
Last week, I wrote in The New York Times about my concerns, as a Zionist feminist, with the March 8 International Women’s Strike. Because the platform for the strike called for the “decolonization of Palestine” as part of “the beating heart of this new feminist movement,” and one of its prominent organizers, Rasmea Odeh, is…
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Life One Jewish Feminist On Why She Participated In The Women’s Strike
I was politicized in my teens, first in the reproductive rights and environmental movements. Back then I hardly understood how my Jewishness informed my activism. It would take years of reflection for me to really get it: my leftist principles were wholly shaped by who I have always been: a Jewish woman in a world…
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Life Zionist Feminist: Not An Oxymoron
In a New York Times op-ed, “Does Feminism Have Room for Zionists?,” Emily Shire writes that she is “troubled by the portion of the International Women’s Strike platform that calls for a ‘decolonization of Palestine’ as part of ‘the beating heart of this new feminist movement.’” Shire concludes her piece by noting that she does…
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