The U.S. may have the Notorious R.B.G., but long before she came on the scene, Israel had its own tough Jewish female leader who wouldn’t be told what to do – Golda Meir. Meir, was Israel’s...
Tag - feminism
ActivistsTo Undergo FGM To Show Feminism Vs. Trump
“We may have no choice but to take our protests to the next level, whether it involves stoning blasphemers and adulterers or having women subjected to honor killings.” Washington, March...
Lena Dunham and an old Jewish guy called Lenny
Failed political candidate Sarah Palin called her a pedophile. The ADL said her article comparing Dogs to Jewish men was “tasteless.” Now Lena Dunham, creator of the hit TV series Girls...
Take a Stand
When I was 17, I had my first Israel experience. On our first Friday evening in Jerusalem, we danced and sang and got as close to the Kotel as we dared, slightly afraid of the crone-like ladies who...
Kol Hakavod, Alysa Stanton!
Alysa Stanton will be ordained in June by Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati as the first female African-American Rabbi. Yay! On being the first? She says: “If I were the 50,000th, I’d still...
so many yoms, so little time
We’re now in the Yom season, as I call it, that time when at least once a week, for a few weeks, we have one day holidays. Some are days of somber remembrance, others days of celebration...