Deaf Jewish Women
Make Themselves Heard

Meditating on the past, future and eternal present, women open the door.

• Deaf Daughters by Jennifer Rosner
• Access to Many Worlds by Chana Widawski
• Speaking Up
• Finding a Language

Porn Vigilante

Gail Dines interviewed by Susan Schnur

A passionate reminder to think at least twice about pornography, arousal and “sex work.”

This Is How You Dance

fiction by Elissa Goldstein

Paula Hyman (1946–2011)

edited by Rachel Kranson

Judith Plaskow, Martha Ackelsberg, Deborah Dash Moore and Rabbi David Ellenson, among others, reflect on the ways this academic and activist introduced gender into scholarship and altered how girls and women practice Judaism today.

Is The Statue of Liberty Jewish?

by Alexandra Gold

Yes! Yes! Excavating Emma Lazarus’s iconic poem “The New Colossus.”

• When Nancy Met Emma by Amy Stone

How Being a Jew & Being a Feminist Collide, Co-Evolve, Cohabit in 7 Women’s Lives

by Susan Schnur

In which we see the intersections of feminism and Judaism through the experiences of Diane Balser, Mimi Arbeit, Enid Schatz, Vanessa Hidary, Jane Eisner, Ronit Sherwin and Joanna Ware.

• Diane Balser, 68, talks to Susan Schnur
• Mimi Arbeit, 26, Doctoral Student in Child Development
• Enid Schatz, 40, Assistant Professor in Women’s Studies
• Vanessa Hidary, Ageless Diva, Spoken Word Artist, Actress, Writer, Director
• Jane Eisner, 56, Editor of the Forward Newspaper
• Ronit Sherwin, 39, Executive Director, Hillel
• Joanna Ware, 25, Community Organizer and Educator at Keshet

Green? or Greeneh?

by Chana Widawski

In her immigrant family, a 30-something daughter learned to love saving, salvage and celebration.