Winter 2004-2005
Girls fleeing Hasidism. Hijacked by compulsions. Genetics & Breast Cancer--What to Do? Her pulpit leads to politics on Chicago’s mean streets. One woman’s Birthright Israel experience.
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Joseph’s Niece
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Serah was still a child when Joseph’s brothers asked her to sing a little song for her grandfather, Jacob. For Joseph had sent his brothers to bring the House of Jacob... Read more »
Another Kind of Israel Diary 1959-2004
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The prop jet left Idlewild Airport in New York carrying my parents and me on our two-week visit. A precocious fifth grader, I had been given a travel diary, in which... Read more »
Israel: A Birthright Diary
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On returning from Israel, I find myself committed to stand firmly...exactly where I had been before
Vertigo
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The vertigo came early this year, catching her by surprise. She wasn’t expecting the a chiness in her bones and the swirl of her head until about a month later, when the... Read more »
For This I Went to Rabbinical School
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Foregoing a pulpit for political work on Chicago’s mean streets.
Genetics & Breast Cancer
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Erlich, a physician, introduces us to "pre-vivors," young women wrestling with a family legacy they never expected.
Scrupulosity
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Jennifer Traig wanted to be a good Jewish girl. Her religious convictions were hijacked by her compulsions.
Seeking a Way Out
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Some Hasidic men, despite no newspapers or T.V., learn to question. Escape routes for women follow a different path.
“Yearning to Breathe Free”
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Behind women’s masks of perfection ("My kids are wonderful. My life is happy. Feminists are wrong.") having to keep even tiny transgressions (like reading books in English, or flirting in a bar) from the eyes of the neighbors.
Malkie
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Four years ago I celebrated my first Thanksgiving. I remember sitting on a metal park bench outside of my grandmother’s apartment building trying to find the right words to describe how... Read more »
