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Chavi Eisenberg

Oct 8, 2026, 11:56 PM

Teaching the stories that disturb us

On difficult narratives in Tanakh and the responsibility of teaching them. This week, I taught a group of 18-year-old seminary students one of the most disturbing stories in all of Tanakh. Actually, I taught them two. We were learning about intertextuality,...

Yonatan Albahari Szargel

Oct 8, 2026, 9:57 AM

The Israeli Jane Doe Assembly Line

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Over the past week, almost anyone who opened TikTok, Instagram, or another social media platform came across the trending hashtag #JaneDoe. Countless videos show women across the globe expressing sympathy with Jane Doe – an anonymous student at Cornell...

Ruthie Hollander

Oct 1, 2026, 8:22 PM

It happens here, too

On an Instagram post by a Jewish community account regarding the recent case of Jane Doe — a Cornell sophomore who was allegedly drugged and raped by seven fraternity brothers — I read a comment that struck me. Wouldn’t have...

Sep 30, 2026, 11:27 PM

What Gloria Steinem can teach us about the Cornell 7

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If we teach boys from a young age to be strong without controlling others and to refuse to stand idly by if their peers get violent, we can prevent sexual violence

Daphne Lazar Price

Sep 28, 2026, 3:10 PM

I want to read the essays

Young men writing essays. (iStock)

When you were accused of drugging and gang-raping a woman and given the opportunity to mitigate against the alleged crime, what did you say?

Whimsy Anderson

Sep 22, 2026, 11:57 PM

Why I Cannot tell Young Women to Make Aliyah

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I cannot, in good conscience, encourage women — especially young women — to make aliyah. I would reverse that only when life for women in Israel actually improves. Not the slogan. The law, the street, the army, and the...

Sep 3, 2026, 10:21 PM

With Israeli Survivors, Always: Honoring Gloria Steinem’s Legacy

Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv–Jaffa. Photo by Susan Hess.

As October approaches, so do two significant observances: the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre and Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the United States. Following the death of feminist leader Gloria Steinem, the convergence of these moments has...

Aug 20, 2026, 6:31 AM

The Moral Test of Power: From the Captive Woman to Amalek

I am going to New York this week for a family simcha—the last of my immediate family’s bar mitzvot. On Monday, we celebrated the first wedding of the next generation of our family, and my sister was sorely missed....

Jul 24, 2026, 7:10 PM

When the Sirens Stop, the Body Still Remembers

For survivors of sexual violence, prolonged war does not begin on an empty page. It can make an earlier danger feel present again, as though the body has lost control and nowhere is truly safe. During the war, Israel's sexual...

Tamar Adelstein

Jul 2, 2026, 9:07 AM

Flower Essences – Gentle Remedies for Healing from Rape and Sexual Assault

BS"D Our Sages taught: “Not a single blade of grass grows here on Earth without a heavenly force Above telling it, Grow! For every sprout and leaf says something meaningful, every stone whispers some hidden message in the silence, every...

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