Joan Roth
A day of global solidarity, demanding action for women in Afghanistan.
Photos: Standing With the Women of Afghanistan
Tag: feminism
A Draconian Abortion Ban in My Own Backyard
Ally Karpel
As a woman and a native Texan, I am scared. As a future rabbi, I am furious.
Gut Morgen, Rifka Leibowitz
Sheila Solomon Shotwell
I never met my Great Aunt Rifka or even saw a photograph of her. Yet I’ve always had a clear picture of her in my mind, in a wheelchair, smiling. She has no legs and she’s wearing a fur stole with fox heads.
“I’m Not a Natural Caretaker.”
Eleanor J. Bader
Rachel Michelberg on caretaking, gender, and societal assumptions.
My Pandemic Bad-Good TV Pick: “Flack”
Sharrona Pearl
If you’re looking for something to distract you from this endless late-stage pandemic, check out “Flack.”
Seder-Masochism: Beyond the Orange and Miriam’s Cup
Amy Stone
By now these items are standard fare at a feminist seder – the once transgressive orange on the Seder Plate; Miriam’s cup of clear, life-giving water next to Elijah’s cup of blood red wine. But wait! Most of us have yet to dig beneath the God and Moses Exodus story, even with Aviva Cantor’s “Jewish… Read more »
Siona Benjamin Paints Lilith of the Present
Samantha Baskind
For Benjamin, and most feminists who have adopted (or adapted) Lilith in art or literature, the mythological first wife of Adam stands as an icon of independence and courage
What Does an Age Justice Agenda Look Like?
Bobbie Sackman
Let me say it clearly – we older adults are part of the future, not just the past.
Esther in a New World
Ilana Kurshan
As part of his only recorded direct speech in the book of Esther, Mordechai exhorts his orphaned cousin Esther to appeal to King Ahaseurus, suggesting that Queen Esther’s raison d’etre was to rise to the occasion and deliver the Jewish people from danger. And yet, as a new anthology of essays suggests, Queen Esther has… Read more »
A Reproductive Shabbat
Steph Black
Until we are comfortable loudly discussing abortion and reproductive freedom in our communities, we will inadvertently perpetuate the idea that abortion is taboo.