No Body Talk
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When Rachel Steinig first heard about the “No Body Talk” guidelines at Eden Village Camp, she found them “a little strange.” “I’d never encountered anything like this,” the 16-year-old says... Read more »
Winter 2015-2016
Sex in the Promised Land
The making of a Viking Jewess. Kaddish for bad parents. Sex in the Promised Land. Greeting Syrian refugees in Vienna. Can “No Body Talk” diminish girls’ self-hatred? In the Ethiopian orphanage.
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In the Ethiopian Orphanage
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In Addis Ababa to adopt a brother for her two daughters, Aliza and Hallel, Rabbi Susan Silverman describes meeting for the first time the boy — birth name Daniel — she and her husband,... Read more »
The Making of a Viking Jewess
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“So, are you going to stay Jewish?” the woman in Starbucks asks. Holy crap, is it possible she thinks I divorced my identity? A wave of indignation mixed with frustration... Read more »
Saying Kaddish for Bad Parents
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I’ve always been a bit ambivalent about observing my parents’ yahrzeits. For one thing, neither Mom nor Dad had the temperament for traditional ritual observance — and they were skeptical, even scornful, of those who... Read more »
In Vienna with Syrian Refugees
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Hineni: Day 1, Vienna Each person who is here in Vienna helping the Syrian refugees transit through Austria has his or her own story. Karin, a fourth-grade teacher, lives in... Read more »
Sex in the Promised Land
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Dana Kaplan is doing her doctorate on sex. She has discovered, in her research at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, that the women of Tel Aviv — the (other) city that never... Read more »
Standing Again at Sinai, Again
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When we think about the achievements of feminism in the US, we usually think about how feminist political activity has changed, and continues to change, the status of women. But... Read more »
La Poussette
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Sylvie Beauchard has been cooking since dawn. Her in-laws will be here shortly, so despite her fatigue, she is brisk in the dining room, snapping down the linens and cutlery.... Read more »
Rose Gold
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When Hannah, my mother, got dressed on the morning of August 31, 2002, and put on a rose gold ring and earrings, both decorated with ruby and diamond chips, I... Read more »
