Summer 2005

The JAP today: Revile her, or reclaim her? How Jewish do Jewish women feel when their partners aren’t? Second-generation Holocaust memories. In the Tangiers hammam baths.

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Messengers from a New Place

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Elaine Cohen and Steven P. Cohen celebrated the committment ceremony of their daughter Tamara. Here's how Elaine toasted the couple.

Philosophers with Wombs, Mothers without Housedresses

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In which the novelist and philosopher reveals who really makes her feel guilty.

The Shame of the Jap

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Miriam Stone argues that the image is a larger-than-life caricature, casting a shadow over women trying to walk the walk as activists for social change.

Severance Pay

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Alfalfa lost his one-city-block kingdom the day after my husband lost his job. Overnight, both of them turned into permanent fixtures on my striped living room couch. The couch before was... Read more »

In the Hammam

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Back in Morocco, a first-time visit to the Muslim women's baths delivers Moroccan-born Azagury unexpected sightings of tender friendhsips (and terrors) that cross religious boundaries.

When (If Ever) Do We Relinquish Memory?

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The noted author of Lost in Translation explores the Shoah's legacy in the lives of the second generaiton. She speaks with Carolyn Slutsky on writing about memory and history.

Zegota

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Just the two of us in the chaosof ghetto round-ups. Zofia and Wanda,Wanda and Zofia, begging parentsfor the children, catching them as theywere thrown. Every day, we camehere for the... Read more »

My Wife Prays

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She stands in a corner and sighs;Closing her eyes,My wife prays. I listen to the silenceAs her lips move without sound,As she sways Back and forth slightly. Her prayerTransforms this... Read more »

Still Jewish

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Plenty has changed since the last century; a new study looks at how Jewish Jewish women feel who choose partners who aren't. Plus...Eve Coulson on two books about interfaith marriage.

Forbidden

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Old wives say I keep the doctor away.Sunshine realized, I hang from the treelike a red monkey dangling possibilitieswithin your reach. Sleepwalk or wakeup. The choice is yours. Who is... Read more »

Misery beyond the Mezzuzah

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin on violence in Jewish families

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