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In 1873, my great-great-great grandfather, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagan, wrote a book on the biblical laws prohibiting lashon hara—gossip and slander. The book was called Chofetz Chaim, “Seeker of Life,”... Read more »
How to cure our time-crunch epidemic. Forgotten Jewish feminist celebrations. A ritual for breast reduction. Jews and gender in the Jim Crow South. A daughter on her abused mother.
Table of contents Get the issueJews are overwhelmingly pro-choice. So why do we selectively fall silent?
Why this 25-year-old sings the organization’s praises. Prepare to be surprised.
What pulls a seasoned New York Times reporter to Rochel Leah Katz, guru for ultra-Orthodox brides?
Defrost the liturgy, democratize religious practices, innovate from Bible narratives and you get the celebrations we need now.
What’s expected of a daughter who witnesses violence? This haunting memoir tells us.
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.
What did Levy reveal—to herself— when she wrote her same-sex wedding vows?
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.
It was a Czech film and the lead was a dead ringer for my uncle, same full cheeks, almond eyes, slicked back hair, there he was, my uncle, on screen,... Read more »