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About Sotah

I am a young lawyer, a writer and a mom to a baby girl. I have three wishes: 1. Write a book, a short story, write something. My writing like my knitting projects are all unfinished. 2. Talk to God - aka have a profound revelatory spiritual experience, where I will know myself in the presence of the Divine. 3. Heal from the c-section birth of my baby - and have another baby someday, and a birth of wonder and awesomeness, a healing birth whatever corporal form it will take.

Mikvah – followed by Tefillin

Posted on June 24, 2009

This morning, on my 25th birthday, I put on Teffilin (my teffilin), for the first time. I marveled at the visceral wonder – wrapping leather cords around my arm – an act of prayer. Its pagan strange beauty made me … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Family Law

Posted on June 15, 2009

I am loving family law more and more because family law provides unique insight to all kind of aspects of the human condition. In its ideal form, family law does not bother with a recounting of sins- it wants to … Continue reading →

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A feminist critique of vampires

Posted on June 5, 2009

Vampires have been on my mind – this summer, I discovered the absolutely wonderful show, True Blood, and the books that the show is based on. It’s gorgeous and extremely erotic. Vampires represent our desire to be consumed. Generally, that … Continue reading →

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END KIDUSHIN NOW

Posted on May 28, 2009

I was in fact thrilled to find out that women apparently are less happy today than they were forty years ago – thrilled I tell you. Because that means that women are not complacent like they had once been. Women … Continue reading →

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The Girl and the Hedonist: An introduction

Posted on May 20, 2009

Catherine MacKinnon, a rather famous feminist, got famous by claiming most basically, that men fucking women (and even women fucking women) is eroticizing the oppression of women. Women are being oppressed through their desires. While, MacKinnon may not have actually … Continue reading →

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Ha-Sodot (“The Secrets”) review

Posted on May 14, 2009

I have wanted to see Ha-Sodot for a very long time, and while it proved to be far tamer than expected it is still a fairly good film. The combination of Safet, frum young women in medrasha, and lots of … Continue reading →

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Perishing the Halahic Woman

Posted on May 13, 2009

As I sit down to write this, I am reminded of the speech written in 1852 by Sojourner Truth, a speech entitled “Aint I a Woman?” In her speech Truth seeks to unite the plight of slavery and the plight … Continue reading →

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The irrational fear of breast cancer

Posted on February 27, 2009

Last week I felt a lump in my breast – ran to a doctor, got a referral for an ultrasound – fortunately I have nothing to worry about; however I was seriously worried, even though I am only twenty -four … Continue reading →

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Go forth and take nude pictures (of yourself)!

Posted on February 22, 2009

What is going on in our society when we are arresting teenage girls for taking nude pictures of themselves and sending them to their teenage boyfriends? These cases are certainly uncommon as of yet– and still, somewhat clustered, they do … Continue reading →

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Male & Female: Polar Opposites?

Posted on November 12, 2008

An article this week in the New York Time is suggesting that autism and schizophrenia are actually on the same spectrum, an idea that I find incredibly appealing. A strong bias toward the father pushes a developing brain along the … Continue reading →

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