Amy Stone
If only Therese Shechter’s film “How to Lose Your Virginity” had been around when I was a college student obsessing about “saving it.”
Losing My Virginity: Of Romance and Property Rights
Author: Amy Stone
Orthodox Women Rabbis
by Any Other Name
by Any Other Name
Amy Stone
It happened! On June 16 three Orthodox women were ordained as clergy by an Orthodox religious institution.
The Wall and I
by Amy Stone
Separate and hopefully finally equal. In the women’s section of the wall, women can now put on all the ritual accoutrements of prayer traditionally worn by men and can conduct services, read from the Torah without getting hauled off by police for offending some Orthodox males in the men’s section of the wall.
Stuttgart seder – where no Jewish feminist has gone before?
Amy Stone
A synagogue in Stuttgart wants proof of our Judaism before inviting us to a seder.
Where the Women Are (At the 22nd Annual NY Jewish Film Festival)
Amy Stone
Dutch director – male – obsessed with tragic German artist – female.
Let Us Now Praise Non-Jewish Jews
Amy Stone
The jaw-dropping happy ending to the 1918 Pola Negri silent film “The Yellow Ticket” (also translated as “The Devil’s Pawn”) is that the super smart and beautiful young Jewess from Warsaw is not Jewish. She’s the love child of the distinguished medical professor whom she’s studying with in St. Petersburg.
‘Fill the Void’ with Hasidic Dream Men
Amy Stone
Park your Jewish feminist preconceptions at the door of this Israeli “insider film” on life within the world of Tel Aviv Hasidim.
Feminists in Focus: Faigele Film Festival Kvels Over ‘DevOUT’
Amy Stone
Quick cut to the Faigele Film Festival’s screening of “DevOUT,” the 37-minute video where lesbian Orthodox Jews explain why they want to be true to both their faith and their sexuality.
On the Dangerous Dykes Book Tour
Amy Stone
Two days before Obama made his announcement, a crowd of more than 100 piled into the offices of JOFA (Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance) for the book tour of the anthology Keep Your Wives Away from Them – Orthodox Women Unorthodox Desires.
Feminists in Focus: Yes, There’s Room for More Films on the Holocaust
Amy Stone
It’s the love stories and the mysteries of the Holocaust that can bring something fresh.