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- Remembering the summers at the Elizabeth Y, studying the Pinchas Parsha http://bit.ly/qjLo8f 7 months ago
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- My new column on Patheos - The Girl and the Drash, #parsha commentary http://t.co/j9x2gRU via @Patheos 8 months ago
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Taking back Sodom
On a tour to Bethlehem, I overheard a devote Christian woman sitting behind me on the bus, discussing her aversion to visiting the dead sea as a cite of tourism, since once it was the site of Sodom. Quick recap … Continue reading
The Rebbe, the Soul of Moses and “Continuous Revelation”
I went to the Accent Youth Hostel in Safed for a full Sunday. I sat on the porches with the beautiful overlooks of hills and valleys. I went for pizza on the busy commercial street of Safed, on the way, … Continue reading
Posted in halacha, israel, Jewish
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The will of God and leaving Orthodox Judaism
My last week of saying good-bye to Orthodoxy has begun, and after a lengthy google search I could find nothing relevant for “leaving orthodoxy” and thus I take it upon myself to create the post I was looking for all … Continue reading
Posted in gender, halacha, religion, torah
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A word of Torah at Nahloat.
For reasons that escape me utterly I am still in Israel, now studying Judaism, at Nishmat, a Dati Lumi (Religious Zionist) seminary. (I will tell you all about it soon. Today I must write about the Dvar Torah I heard … Continue reading
Last Word on FASD
So, I looked up Kathryn Page PHD, and she is big in the world of FAS. Her site: http://www.nofas.org/resource/results.aspx?ST=5&Name=California She blaims FASD on everything from Epilepsy to loneliness. Thus clearly it a problem if it can cause any problem, and … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, women's health
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Woman as baby-making-machine:
I wondering what good it would do for me to write yet another article on the urgent issue of pregnant women being treated as baby vessels. A woman in Utah was actually charged with murder because she refused medical advice … Continue reading
Posted in gender, israel, religion, Social Action
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