Category Archives: religion

Mikvah – followed by Tefillin

Posted on 06/24/2009 by Sotah

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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Ha-Sodot (“The Secrets”) review

Posted on 05/14/2009 by Sotah

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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God, the egalitarian

Posted on 11/03/2008 by Sotah

Try googling “feminist Spirituality” (googling a subject matter is often my point of entry, as you might have realized, if you read any of my other entries), “mainstream” feminist spirituality is often connected with some version of essentialist feminism – … Continue reading →

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Taking back Sodom

Posted on 07/31/2007 by Sotah

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 →

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The will of God and leaving Orthodox Judaism

Posted on 07/17/2007 by Sotah

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 →

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A word of Torah at Nahloat.

Posted on 07/12/2007 by Sotah

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 →

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Woman as baby-making-machine:

Posted on 07/06/2007 by Sotah

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 →

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Pride Parade Jerusalem 2007

Posted on 06/22/2007 by Sotah

Despite repeated warning from every policeman I approached to ask for directions, I made it to the Pride Parade!  At one point the policeman actually told me not to go and tried to block me. I was shocked – I … Continue reading →

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The differences between Baha’i and my Judiasm

Posted on 05/30/2007 by Sotah

The Bahia Garden in Haifa is incredible. This garden is the second holiest place on earth for the Baha’i faith, the first in Akko (start a religion Israel is your ticket).   This religion sounds like a liberal’s dream come true – at … Continue reading →

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