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Life Queer? Trans? Female? Here’s How To Find Tefillin
There are literally hundreds of different ways of choosing, wrapping, and storing a set of tefillin [phylacteries]. Eichler’s Judaica superstore offers more than 2,000 tefillin-related items for purchase online alone, from a Swarovski crystal adorned bag, to a military camouflage case, and a strangely economical set of blinged-out gold plastic storage boxes—all to compliment the…
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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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Opinion Inspiring Women | Representing Women And Workers In Her Village
Jisr az-Zarqa is a coastal Israeli Arab village known more for its crime and poverty than the archaeological treasures it houses. Riddled with socio-economic problems, it’s a place most people avoid. Now, one woman born and raised there is working to change this image, making it proud even as she breaks with its tradition. Ever…
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Israel News In Israeli Politics, The Future Is Female
The faces on the walls of the second floor of the gracious municipal building in Haifa tell a story of male authority. Lining the corridor are portraits of the mayors of modern Haifa, beginning with Hassan Bey Shukri, a Muslim appointed by the Turks in 1914, and continuing with his eight successors right up to…
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Life For Jewish Women, Choosing A Tallit — A Prayer Shawl — Can Get Complicated
Is there such a thing as a “woman’s tallit”? Maybe not. On fashion runways this season, non-gender-conforming styles are all the rage. And to some extent, that’s also true for those blue and white tallitot, which have traditionally been thought of as “a man’s tallit,” but are now widely worn by adults of all genders…
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The Schmooze Four of Fortune’s ‘10 Most Powerful Women’ Of 2018 Are Jewish
Who runs the world? Women. But you knew that already. What you probably didn’t know is that Fortune recently released their 2018 list of the most powerful women in the country, and four women in the business magazine’s top ten ranking are Jews. These superhumans were selected by Fortune with four qualifications in mind, according…
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Opinion Stop Trying To Bring Liberal Judaism To Israel. We Already Have Too Much Religion
Several years ago, I (Einat) had the honor of speaking at a Conservative Synagogue in NYC. I was asked why, as a proud Israeli feminist, I am not mobilized for the cause of the Women of the Wall. I admitted that while I am a feminist I am also a devout Atheist, and the importance…
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Community Yes, Jews Need To Discuss Abortion — But They Also Need To Discuss Adoption
The recent Forward article, “‘My Dark Secret’: Orthodox Women Reveal Their Abortion Stories,” is heart-wrenching to read, but brings up topics crucial to discuss. Not just in the Orthodox community, but in the entire Jewish community. One story (New York, 26 years old, 8 weeks pregnant) reads of a single woman’s painful journey to abortion…
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