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Summer 2017
Tamar Fox explains the root causes of our time-crunch epidemic. Jews and gender in the Jim Crow South. An unexpected poster child for Planned Parenthood. Defrosting the liturgy, democratizing religion, and reviving Jewish feminist celebrations. A ritual for breast reduction. When a daughter witnesses her mother’s abuse.
Subscriber Exclusive When Your Work Crowds Out Your Actual Life
Tamar Fox
It’s about more than just kids and way more than your personal solutions. What should employers—like Jewish and feminist organizations—be doing?
Subscriber Exclusive What’s Missing When Jews Talk About Abortions
Chanel Dubofsky
Jews are overwhelmingly pro-choice. So why do we selectively fall silent?
Subscriber Exclusive The Wedding Dress Whisperer and Me
Marianne Rohrlich, photos by Joan Roth
What pulls a seasoned New York Times reporter to Rochel Leah Katz, guru for ultra-Orthodox brides?
Subscriber Exclusive These New Jewish Holidays Brought to You By Feminism
Lori Lefkovitz
Defrost the liturgy, democratize religious practices, innovate from Bible narratives and you get the celebrations we need now.
Subscriber Exclusive Miscarriage Memorial
A poem by Nessa Rapoport
An Unlikely Poster Child for Planned Parenthood
Ali Walensky talks with Susan Weidman Schneider
Why this 25-year-old sings the organization’s praises. Prepare to be surprised.
Flash Flood
A short story by Hila Amit, translated from the Hebrew by Ilana Kurshan
Life lessons from the mythological Lilith. Betty Friedan on her feminine mystique & being Jewish. Those thorny Jewish women's organizations.
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Subscriber Exclusive I Served the Man Who Beat My Mother
Gila K. Berryman
What’s expected of a daughter who witnesses violence? This haunting memoir tells us.
Subscriber Exclusive Jews & Gender in the Jim Crow South
Caroline E. Light
Afraid they’d be seen as non-white non-citizens, established Jews enforced Southern gender norms (homebound “ladies” and “chivalrous,” prosperous gentlemen) among their immigrant co-religionists.
Subscriber Exclusive A Ritual for Breast Reduction
Rabbi G. Rayzel Raphael
The time has come for the ritual we bet you (and Lilith) never before considered. Here’s one way to prepare for an under-discussed surgery.
Subscriber Exclusive The Rules Do Not Apply
What did Levy reveal—to herself— when she wrote her same-sex wedding vows?
Subscriber Exclusive After the War
Poetry by Barbara Goldberg
In Defense of Lashon Hara: Why Gossip Is a Feminist Imperative
The Women’s Music Movement is 45 Years Old. It Began with the Inventiveness of Jewish Lesbian Artists
Abortion Is Now on TV, but Barriers to Obtaining the Procedure Remain Largely Invisible
“It’s On Us Campaign” Highlights the Language of Rape Culture
Lilith Author Wins Prize for Debut Novel
Hebrew School Taught Me About Tzedekah, but It Needed to Have Taught Me about Tzedek, Too.
Why “A Doll’s House, Part 2” Surprises Audiences
Adio Querida: TV Spotlights Sephardim in the Balkans
N.Y.C. Street Art’s Enduring Impact
She is Transforming Mumbai’s Jewish Community
This Woman’s New Research Shows What Babylonian Jews Saw When They Faced Their Demons (Including Lilith!)
This scientist studies protests. And she is seeing something new.
Daf Yomi Poetry