Helene Meyers
From Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Bella Abzug, to Tiffany Haddish, #MeToo and local politics.
7 Jewish Feminist Highlights of 2019
Tag: feminism
Through Her Lens: Documenting Crypto-Jews, Brooklyn Life, and More
Eleanor J. Bader
I absolutely loved photography, but I went back to teaching when the sabbatical was over; I left the job 11 years later, in 1999, and began doing photography full-time.
“Failed Self-Abortion With a Wire Hanger”: A Letter from a Namesake to an Ancestor
Jamie Zabinsky
“Because of you, I know the perpetual urgency of safeguarding women’s autonomy. I hear the dire importance of maintaining control over my body in my own name.”
It’s Time to Be a Single-Issue Voter for the Climate
Nylah Burton
As a Black Jewish feminist I am committed to many issues that are life and death–from police violence to abortion–but for the first time, I find myself zeroing in on a singular issue: climate catastrophe.
Israel’s Trailblazing Candidates Dima Taya and Michal Zernowitzki
Joan Roth
Worlds apart, and running on the tickets of opposing parties, Dima Taya and Michal Zernowitski both plan to play a key role in bringing peace,
A (Feminist) Defense of Barbie as She Turns 60
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Is there anything Barbie can’t be or do?
Disability Rights Activist Emily Ladau on How to Make Feminism Include Everyone
by Eleanor J. Bader
[S]ome of the professors held events in their homes and I was never able to go. I felt as though I was always throwing a wrench into their erudite plans. I was not mistreated, but they were simply unprepared for a physically disabled student. It was a complete lack of recognition that dealing with disabilities involves complex and nuanced solutions.
The Chelsea Clinton Uproar and the Public Perception of Pregnancy
Tara Mendola
Fretting about whether or not the doubtless unpleasant experience of being publicly shamed will send Chelsea Clinton into labor has no more basis in scientific reality than past beliefs in a “maternal imagination” so powerful that looking at a distressing animal or disabled person could directly cause birth defects. What it does do is let us off the hook of meaningful advocacy for women’s health.
The Jewish Doctor Writing About Medieval Christian Spirituality
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Like any novelist, I did what my characters and my story led me to. The place, Siena, which I’d been to 10 years before I started writing the book, drew me in because of the way it exists in both past and present. Being there blurs the boundaries of time. Siena’s people live their centuries-old traditions with profound seriousness, and a deep emotional connection. And in Siena a mystery resides about what happened during the plague of 1348, an unsolved mystery that I uncovered as I began to learn more about Siena’s history. So my story took me there, and then.
Honoring Monica Lewinsky
By Karyn Gershon and Shira Pruce
Many believe that Monica’s story is especially important right now, as she re-emerges as an activist and advocate with the rise of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements.