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Community From Jewish pride to self-doubt, teenage writers sound off on the rise in anti-Semitism
A young woman experiences the fear her ancestors must have felt for the first time. Another wonders if she should even talk about Israel around her friends anymore. A third feels the urge to fight back against anti-Semitism, but isn’t sure how. These are just a few ways that teenage girls participating in the Jewish…
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Culture ‘If not for the Forward, I’d never have been born.’
“So much happened in that time. My dad was really a great guy — I guess you could say, in the end, that he was a salesman. “ This is a love story from another time, a saga that transcends borders. Our tale begins in Poland, where Harry Korniarski was born, and winds its way…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Feminist Role Models Are Two Jewish Women
In the last month, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was treated for cancer for the fourth time, addressed a crowd of 16,000 in Arkansas, and met her “Saturday Night Live” impersonator, Kate McKinnon. And on Wednesday night, she found time to address her very own tribe. Well-heeled shul-goers, shaking and panting with the near-religious…
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Fast Forward Israeli Woman Chases Down Man Who Flashed And Tried To Grab Her
(JTA) — An Israeli woman who lives in Massachusetts chased down and held a man who exposed himself to her while she was jogging. Single mother Aia Polansky, 33, was running in Cambridge when the male jogger dropped his pants to his knees as she ran by. Polansky, a 6-foot-1-inch-tall veteran of the Israel Defense…
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Opinion Inspiring Women | The Sisters Behind ‘Dr. Fischer’ – One Of Israel’s Best Known Brands
They say the lessons you learn at home stick with you forever. The truth of this can be seen in Sigal Bar On, who is 54 years old and not only co-chairs her parents’ company with her sister, but also continues her mother’s legacy of charity, both in her home and outside of it. “Dr….
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jewish Woman Promoted To Lead NSA Cybersecurity
(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish woman has been tapped to head the National Security Agency’s new Cybersecurity Directorate. Anne Neuberger of Baltimore has worked at the NSA for the past decade. She helped establish the U.S. Cyber Command and worked as chief risk officer, where she led the agency’s election security efforts for the 2018…
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Opinion As Israel Moves Farther To The Right, Women Are Paying The Price
The latest Pew Report on religious freedom showing that Israel is practically on par with Iran on this issue should not come as much of a surprise. Those of us who have been tracking religious freedom in Israel have observed that not only are incidents of religious intolerance and oppression on the rise, but they…
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Books The Dangers Of Female Pleasure – And Rage. A Q&A With Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner, best-selling novelist, has been known to be outspoken about inequalities in publishing and in the consideration of women’s work. This is what Weiner told me she wants her obituary to read when we caught up last week. And unlike the obit your favorite male novelist is probably composing for himself, Weiner’s is 100%…
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