Leah Grisham
It’s hard for me to ignore the similarities between oppressive Victorian ideals of femininity and the version of womanhood praised in the Eshet Chayil.
Does “Woman of Valor” Still Have Value?
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“Dobbs” is Devastating to the IVF Community
Shoshana Gibbor
The repeal of Roe v. Wade allows states to grant full human rights to fertilized eggs, like the ones that have been collected from my body by my doctors.
“I Write the Books I’d Like to Read” — A Chat With Miriam Parker
Mikhal Weiner
“Room & Board” combines prep school, wine, social media and an homage to Muriel Spark.
A Girl During the War: A Story of Courage and Grit
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Anita Abriel, the author of novels set during World War II, on why she endows her young protagonists with such courage and grit.
How Judaism Helped Me Through My Abortion
Liesel Feldstein
Tapping into my Judaism helped me feel like I was not alone or unworthy of deciding what to do with my own body and my future.
“Young Girls Are Hotbeds of Trauma”–Talking to Playwright Stephanie Swirsky
Liba Vaynberg
A play about a girl who falls through some kind of Shabbas time-hole and finds herself at a Jewish youth event with Jared Kushner—yes, that Jared Kushner—whose dick she would like to break.
Your Jewish Horoscope: Aug. 28- Sept. 25, 2022
Mo Golden and Amanda Herring
Elul is a month of reflection, find a way to do some introspection. How will you prepare for fall?
Beyond The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Memorial
Eleanor J Bader
Since earliest childhood, Suzanne Pred Bass has known about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a workplace tragedy that took the lives of 146 workers, 123 women and 23 men, on March 25, 1911. For example, she learned about her great aunt Katies’ dramatic escape from the fire — that she grabbed hold of a cable… Read more »
My Shmita Year
Sima Gerber
“That’s why, once every seven years in fact, this year, the one we started yesterday — the Torah demands that both we and the land take a Sabbatical. In Hebrew, it’s called a Shmita Year — a year of release.” Rabbi Auerbach, September 2021 This was exactly what I needed to hear, this on the second day… Read more »
Remembering Lori Zabar
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Nora Ephron called Zabar’s, “The most rambunctious and chaotic of all delicatessens, with one foot in the Old World and the other in the vanguard of every fast-breaking food move in the city.” Lori Zabar had a keen appreciation for both the old and the new and as such, she was the perfect chronicler for this story.
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