Women of the bookstore. Reading “Little Women” in Jerusalem. Cleaning out my mother’s house.
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in honor of Kathryn Foster LaTorre The words are rhythmic and calming, like a lullaby. We are lulling the loved one back to birth, pre-birth, back to God. We say... Read more »
Women’s advocates say the “Halitza” ceremony which “releases” a young widow from an unusual mutual obligation, should be reformed, or dispensed with entirely.
What would your nearest and dearest do to save you—or at least relieve your profound passport anxiety?
Although most Algerian Jews claim descent from the Sephardim who were expelled from Spain or Italy in the fifteenth century or later, some had settled in Algeria as early as the Phoenician period (500 BCE).
Are Jewish tradwives the cheerleaders for the patriarchy?
I want to live in the Russian Tea Room, but I want to sit at another table, with another family.