The trauma of food triggered by Yom Kippur reflects a deeper problem in Jewish culture when it comes to food. The overemphasis on food in excess in Jewish life—so often served by women—combined with family surroundings in which body commentary is the norm, can launch different painful relationships with food and body.
That’s when I realized, I can’t fast. I can’t be healing from an eating disorder and fast as a Jew.
“Passover is really the height of gender irony in Judaism.”
All girls at Orthodox schools whose knees, chests and elbows are glared at by staff to determine whether their clothes are too “immodest” are victims of voyeurism.
The FEDDD UPPPPP Facebook group meets in person.
If we are going to make Israel a place where all people can thrive, we have quite a lot of work ahead of us.
Last month, the Israeli government announced that it is establishing a team to formulate a working plan to advance UN Resolution 1325 in Israel—the resolution that calls for women’s equal inclusion in all aspects of decision-making, especially around issues of peace and security.
The system that encourages women to use the mikvah is the same one that supports and enables the sexualization of women.
That’s what feminism has taught me – to look beyond the official story and ask about how large political decisions affect people’s real lives.
It’s a thrill to see an image of yourself on the cover on New Republic. Well, it wasn’t literally me on the front cover, but it was an image of Orthodox Jewish women with a headline about Orthodox Jewish women, so it might as well have been.
