Hannah Meyer
“The road to a disordered relationship with food and exercise was paved with well-intentioned comments about my appearance and eating habits.”
Is Body Neutrality a Jewish Value?
Tag: nonfiction
That Time I Dressed as a Mechitza… for Feminism
Danielle Durchslag
So, T and I came up with a compromise. I would show up to her daughter’s Purim reading, in costume, dressed AS a mechitza, and stand on the men’s side.
I Am Russian… In Name Only
Liba Vaynberg
I am not Russian, but I speak Russian. It’s a kind of nonconsensual tattoo Stalin left behind on my parents—better tattooed than dead.
The Challah Boys
Renee Skudra
Some unlikely visitors at my new home connected me to my Jewish roots.
The Divine Comic: Q&A with author Leslie Simon
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Leslie Simon on what she hopes readers will glean from this rollicking, inventive and wholly original tale.
How to Be a Writer, With Susan Shapiro
Lynn Brown Rosenberg
Q & A on Sue Shapiros novel “The Book Bible” and her advice to future authors.
These Jewish Sisters Ran a Safe Haven During the Nazi Occupation
Yona Zeldis McDonough
A Q&A with Roxane Van Iperen, who realized her house in the woods was once a refuge for Jewish children.
The Power of Humor for Smashing the Patriarchy
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Historically, [women] haven’t been allowed to be members of the Country Clubs and smoky back rooms where real power sits. That’s the tragedy. The genius of comedy, if you can make it work, is taking tragedy and holding it up to a funhouse mirror so it’s no longer scary, but rather funny.