Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Rochelle Saidel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Sun, 19 May 2013 06:48:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A new blood libel and my broken wrist http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/reflections-on-new-blood-libel-and-my-broken-wrist/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/reflections-on-new-blood-libel-and-my-broken-wrist/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:12:38 +0000 Rochelle Saidel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=111080 When I was honored last week at an NGO ceremony connected with the deliberations of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57), a libelous accusation against Israel clouded the occasion. I was given an award as a “Trailblazer,” as part of a program dedicated to eradicating and eliminating violent acts against women and [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/reflections-on-new-blood-libel-and-my-broken-wrist/feed/ 21 Time to talk about sexual violence during the Holocaust http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/time-to-talk-about-sexual-violence-during-the-holocaust/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/time-to-talk-about-sexual-violence-during-the-holocaust/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:19:15 +0000 Rochelle Saidel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=87208 The tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, which is December 23 this year, is designated as the yartzeit (memorial anniversary) for Holocaust victims whose date of death is unknown. Since many victims of sexual violence were subsequently murdered on indeterminable dates, this is an appropriate time to talk about rape and other forms [...]

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