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Playing by the rules still won’t get you anywhere
In a reaction to the RCA’s recent statement banning women from Jewish clergy positions, JOFA promoted a petition and issued an advocacy statement expressing its disappointment and reaffirming its...
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HarediFem – The Rise of the Challah Bake
One might think that while modern orthodox feminists are fighting for the right to don tefillin and tallisim, pray with a Torah at the Kotel, come up with creative solutions to free agunot, or receive...
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Is this seat taken?
In 2014, the RCA formed a committee to review its conversion processes in the wake of the Freundel scandal. The panel was comprised of 6 men and 5 women, with two of the women being converts. When the...
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Is abuse the only way out?
I received an email today from someone asking if I would speak out about a recent case that’s been burning up the blogosphere about a former agunah who received a “getless get.” Tamar Epstein made...
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What happens when a Venusian tries to divorce in Mars?
We’ve all heard the phrase and possibly read the book by the same name, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. The concept is that men and women have a completely different way of communicating and...
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Scarlett A
Earlier this year my daughter had to read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlett Letter. Published in 1850, it is written in sufficiently old-timey English to initially be a daunting read for the average...
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Leasing vs. Buying
Lately I’ve been asking myself a serious question – why do Orthodox women get married? I understand that women want long term monogamous relationships and children to satisfy physical, emotional, and...
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Tina Fey is my Steve Martin
Growing up, my Uncle Saul had a particular loathing for Steve Martin. It was strange, because Uncle Saul loved comedy and was considered something of a jokester himself. Steve Martin’s brand of silly...
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Preaching to the choir
When I started this blog, I started it for an audience of one. I wanted to reign in the tangled yarn of my thoughts into one solid skein that I could hold, turn over, or unravel and rewind if I had to....
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Paparazzi
photo credit Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch “I’m your biggest fan I’ll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi Baby there’s no other superstar You know that I’ll be your Papa-paparazzi” ~ Lady Gaga While...
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Is the Orthodox community suffering from compassion fatigue?
This is something I’ve been wondering about for a while. The first time I heard about an incidence of child abuse in my community was over twenty years ago. Being an idealistic newbie to the Orthodox...
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Love Yourself
Young girl, you’re going to have to love yourself. You’re going to have to know your own worth in a time when other people are going to put a price tag on you. You’ll be labelled, bar coded, and put...
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Seminary Gap Year in Israel – Individual Growth or Frivolous Waste of Prime...
Sha’alvim for Women How much do we value our daughter’s education? Are her years in elementary and high school merely a perfunctory exercise in preparing her for the practical skills required for...
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To build a better world, tear the old one down
Rebecca Ross shared a guest post on her blog written by a person whose goes by the pseudonym, Mark. Mark shares his experience of having a good friend gradually cut off contact with him upon becoming...
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You can’t put a price tag on a mother’s worth
Table from Insure.com If you are a stay at home mom, how many times have you felt unappreciated? If you had to pay someone to do all of the chores that you do in a given day, how much would it cost?...
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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
I saw a Facebook post from a friend of mine who is appalled to find out that one of the main sources of business advertisement in Chicago, called Only Ads, has an official policy to only include photos...
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Shidduchim for Dummies: Chapter 1 – Uncovering the Hidden Feminists
[The post below was inspired by a conversation I had this Shabbos about how beis medrash rabbaim are warning young men to avoid dating and marrying women with feminist leanings, and that this issue is...
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Useful Passover Products
Those of you who haven’t smashed your smart phone for Pesach will definitely need this chometz free cell phone cover (Hat Tip Mark Weiss) For the many Orthodox Republican Donald Trump supporters among...
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What rabbinical yeshivas can learn from a Catholic seminary
The other week I read an article in The Chicago Tribune profiling Dawn Eden Goldstein. Dr. Goldstein is the first woman at the University of St. Mary of the Lake to earn a sacred theology doctorate, a...
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Friday Night Mannequin
Dress me up, dress me down It’s all the same to me. The rules will change, I can’t keep up; There’s no more me to be. One year the fashion is elegant robes, The next they lack modesty. So dress me up,...
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