by Eleanor J. Bader
…people don’t look good in grey,” says 63-year-old Chana. “When I started turning grey I decided to stay with a brown sheitl. Ethel concurs. “No one wants to look aged.”…
Ever Seen a Grey-Haired Wig?
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Why I Am Observing International Agunah Day
Rishe Groner
…her burdens and for a moment, help her carry it. We all carry this together. Dedicated in prayer for the unchaining and unbounding of Chana bat Rivkah Leiba. The views…
Looking Up — New Art on the Hospital’s Ceiling
by Barbara Gingold
…of Nehama’s desire to commemorate Timora’s life, the idea for the show came from Ann (Chana) Cromer, one of the several artists represented who belong to Kehilat Yedidya (which, incidentally,…
Making Music for Women Only
by Chana Shloush
…is her greatest mentor. Chana Shloush has written and edited for many Anglo-Jewish publications. She lives with her husband and children in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where she freelances and gives…
The Dybbukast: “The New World”
Lilith Staff
…Kreitman Articles and stories from Lilith: “Esther—The Unknown Sister” by Patty Grossman “Do Not Punish Us” by Chana Blankshteyn, translated by Anita Norich “Esther Singer Kreitman” by Clive Sinclair “Women…
Women’s Writing in Israel
by Helen Schary Motro
The First Day and Other Stories by Dvora Baron, translated and edited by Naomi Seidman with Chana Kronfeld, University of California Press, $16.95 The mysterious tragedy of Dvora Baron’s life…
Conference: Jewish Battered Women
by Abigail Sosland
…their wives, then what to we do with Maimonides?” Project Chana in Baltimore, newly created by the Women’.? Department of the local Federation, reaches out to Jewish women in abusive…
Our Agricultural Past, Our Spiritual Future
Chana Thompson Shor
…texts, and our spiritual future. Chana Thompson Shor is a Conservative rabbi, the first woman mesader gittin (preparer of Jewish religious divorce), a Judaic fabric artist, and a writer….
Occupy Judaism – More Than A Damn Good Slogan?
Amy Stone
…Main Street from Chana Rothman, deeply involved in both Occupy Philly and Occupy Judaism, are strictly secular: “Wall Street Main Street what’s it gonna be? How we gonna handle this…
Fiction: “Do Not Punish Us”
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Chana Blankshteyn (1860?– 1939) is almost entirely forgotten now, but she was a well-known figure in Vilna between the two World Wars. She was an activist, committed to women’s causes…