Category Archives: religion

Raising a Jewish daughter v. raising a daughter Jewish-ly?

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

Raising a Jewish daughter v. raising a daughter Jewish-ly? I am Jewish, so is her father. We live a life within the Jewish community. At seven months, she has never gone for longer than two weeks without attending services.  All … 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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Ha-Sodot (“The Secrets”) review

Posted on May 14, 2009 by

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 November 3, 2008 by

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 July 31, 2007 by

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 July 17, 2007 by

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 July 12, 2007 by

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 July 6, 2007 by

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 June 22, 2007 by

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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