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Jun 28, 2026, 5:56 PM

Can you imagine helping Survivors of violent crimes and end up being stalked by one or more of the “alleged” sexual predators of those you helped? Can you imagine having a successful career and then suddenly needing to live...

Jun 13, 2026, 12:46 AM

Remembering my dear friend, Rabbi Shlomo Porter

Rabbi Shlomo Porter, Z”L

November 9, 1947 - November 14, 2025 It feels like a zillion years ago since I was a part of the Porter family, yet for nearly a decade of my life Shlomo Porter played a significant role in who I...

Jun 10, 2026, 4:09 AM

Inches to Metric: Creating Mercaz Lavi – PTSD Center

Our team. Photo Beth Kopin

Our buddy Elie Spivack (co- founder of Mercaz Lavi) came to us four years ago. He was a distinguished combat engineer suffering from PTSD, (post traumatic stress disorder). We did not know it at the time. All we knew...

Mar 2, 2026, 2:10 PM

International Agunah Day

When men hold their wives captive on purpose

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The fact that there are 'chained women' these days should surprise us, but why there are tells us what tools we need to fight the scourge differently

Mar 1, 2026, 3:27 AM

Book review: The Marital Knot – Agunot in the Ashkenazi Realm, 1648-1850

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch writes that the methodology for divorce must mirror that for marriage. Just as a man must give his wife an object and take her into his home, he must also be the one to formally...

Jan 1, 2026, 8:05 AM

Killing Your Parents: Rob Reiner and his Schizophrenic Son

I never favored his politics. Nor did I travel in his elite circles. Like most Americans of a certain age, however, I had fond memories of Rob Reiner as Meathead in the legendary 1970s sitcom “All in The Family.” And,...

Dec 3, 2025, 1:04 PM

When Silence Is Louder Than Words

Image from Canva.

This Shabbat, Jews around the world will read parshat Vayishlach, recounting the tragic story of Dina’s kidnapping and rape by the local chieftain’s son, Shchem. As a victims’ advocate, I hear Dina’s story echo with the voices of the many...

Yasmin Rubin Cooper

Nov 25, 2025, 12:32 PM

Elimination of Violence Against Women Day

Isolation, intimidation and financial control are also forms of violence

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It's Israel's unspoken crisis: a sharp rise in non-physical abuse against women, who often don't realize they are being victimized

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi

Nov 10, 2025, 11:26 PM

Jewish Women International Brings Leadership to the New Jewish Federation of Annapolis & the Chesapeake

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, JWI CEO Meredith Jacobs, JWI Annapolis leaders Ellen Baron and Laura Sutton met to speak about Jewish women's issues, including domestic violence, women's issues in Israel. Photo by and courtesy of JLM.

The new Jewish Federation of Annapolis & the Chesapeake brings together a diverse coalition of Jewish organizations — including Jewish Women International, Congregation Kneseth Israel, Temple Beth Shalom, Temple Solel, Congregation Kol Shalom, Hadassah, Jewish War Veterans and others...

Nov 8, 2025, 3:11 PM

Open Letter to Global Media and to Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City

A Call for Moral Dialogue, Truth, and Respect for Israel and Judaism In a world flooded with misinformation, Israel and Judaism are too often defined by slogans rather than by truth. Reckless words like apartheid and colonial state distort history...

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