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Link Roundup:Remembering Paula Hyman
Jill Finkelstein
…committee head Limor Livnat. [Haaretz] Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum has resigned from her position as assistant dean at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem because the school has not fulfilled its…
A Not-So-Modest Proposal: Add Another Matriarch to the Mix
Erika Dreifus
…a special one. As Tamar Kadari has noted for Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia, the midrash tells us “that [Jochebed] was conceived on the way to Egypt, and was…
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compiled by Naomi Danis
…and came to Israel from Iran 50 years ago. “Full of Life” (dir.Tamar Ben Baruch) is a short doc about 12-year-old Roni, sent by her mother to a weight-loss camp….
Why Does It Matter Where I Pray?
by Sara N.S. Meirowitz
…values one already holds. Furthermore, while I appreciated the masterful introduction from Dr. Tamar Ross, I sat somewhat uneasily with the allmale lineup of scholars. I know that in the…
New (and Startling) Images from Israel
by Simcha Halpert-Hanson
…be sweet and make sure her hair smelled good. Dana and the five other female soldiers interviewed in Tamar Yarom’s new and chilling documentary, “To See If I’m Smiling,” decided…
Link Roundup:Adrienne Rich and the Bat Mitzvah at 90
Jill Finkelstein
…Camp has come under fire for allowing his aide, Aharon Friedman, to deny his ex-wife, Tamar Epstein, a get. However, according to First Amendment law expert Eugene Volokh, if Camp…
What We Learn From Ruth: The Brazenness of Vulnerability
Rishe Groner
…plea for her people. Like Tamar, another ancestor of King David, who disguises herself as a paid sex worker to unite with her destiny, Judah and his tribe. Like Bathsheba,…
In Heathcliff’s Footsteps
by Susan Dworkin
Tamar Yellin comes from England’s North Country, where Heathcliff the sad hero of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, haunts the desolate moors. Her evocative, beautifully written collection, Kafka in Bronteland and…
I Wish I Could Seduce You in the Nude (Bava Kama 86b)
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…that the Hebrew word for clothing, בגד, comes from the same root as the word for “treachery.” Clothes are a way of deceiving and tricking; thus Tamar “took off her…