Category Archives: gender

The leap of faith & and the narrative of the other at Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

As I near Christmas, I am reminded of attending of Jewish elementary School where Christmas was not a day off. There were no school buses, so our parents drove us to school instead.  At NCSY, an orthodox Jewish youth group, … Continue reading →

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Gather the Jews revisited

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

GathertheJews.org true to their word, embraced a bit of blogging diversity. I will be blogging the weekly portion for Gather the  Jews  starting this week. You can read my take on the Shabbat children’s blessing here.

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And then I got fat and immodest

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

I am no fan of modesty. In the name of full disclosure, I used to be seriously “modest.”  For several years in high school and college I covered by elbows, knees and cleavage.  I swam in the Dead Sea in … Continue reading →

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What would a feminist Chanukah Midrash look like?

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

There is the Hebrew School Chanukah, where the Macabees are guerrilla fighters leading an uprising in the name of liberty (kind of like George Washington) and then there is the other Chanukah, the civil war Chanukah, where Jews killed other … Continue reading →

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Choice-feminism & Egaliterian Halacha

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

Choice-feminism Ideas that can change the world have a way of at least temporarily giving away their radical-ness in exchange for adoption by society at large.  Feminism (speaking in giant strokes) was domesticated through the emergence of choice-feminism.   Arwyn, at … Continue reading →

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There is something odd about DC’s Gather the Jews

Posted on October 28, 2010 by

“Gather the Jews” is a clearing house for DC Jewish information – a self proclaimed space for “hyperlocal Jewish News and Events in Washington DC.”  The website is easy to navigate and use.  It is simply a communal Google calendar … Continue reading →

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The radical “Sister-Wives” – a review

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

My last year of college I wrote a rather lengthy thesis, where after many interviews and  much reading,  I came to believe  a rather simple idea:  many women who practice patriarchal forms of a variety of religions, understand their practice … Continue reading →

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Mikvah – followed by Tefillin

Posted on June 24, 2009 by

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 by

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 by

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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