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Shira Pasternak Be'eri

Jul 12, 2018, 10:36 PM

What Zelophehad's daughters teach us about agunot

Illustrative. (Pixabay)

When humans can't figure out how to apply God's law, relying on principles of compassion and equality can't go wrong

Nancy Strichman

Jul 9, 2018, 3:30 PM

No voice, no vote

The first lobby of ultra-Orthodox women, initiated by Nivcharot, at the Knesset. May 2018. (courtesy, Nancy Strichman)

Denying political representation to over half a million Haredi women in Israel is unacceptable in 2018

Jul 8, 2018, 5:46 PM

Why I’m Not Studying Abroad

Studying abroad junior year of college has become a bit of a cliché. Hypothetically, it’s a great opportunity for young people to learn about another country and themselves. I genuinely think that everyone should study abroad if they can....

Robert L. Wolkoff

Jul 6, 2018, 11:18 PM

Liberal Jews Cause Earthquakes. Who Knew?

It is no coincidence that Parshat Pinchas, which centers on blind zealotry, always comes during the build up to Tisha B’av, which commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem—which was destroyed, the rabbis tell us, because of sinat...

Joseph C. Kaplan

Jul 6, 2018, 11:17 PM

Ani Ledodi V’dodi Li

Since my retirement (It’s Not an Ugly Word, Ernest, 1/5/18), the two most frequent questions I’ve been asked are (a) are you enjoying it and (b) what are you doing with yourself? While the answer to the first is...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jul 6, 2018, 8:37 PM

Guess who was not involved in the sin of the spies?

When we speak about Chet HaMiraglim, the sin of the spies, we mention that Yehoshua and Calev were the only two of the twelve spies who did not bring a false report and they were therefore not punished as...

Jul 6, 2018, 12:55 AM

The lost masterpiece

Illustrative: Michal Baratz Koren's portrait of the five daughters of Zelophehad, who first raised before Moses the case of a woman’s right and obligation to inherit property in the absence of a male (Courtesy, Michal Baratz Koren)

If women like Zelophehad's daughters had gone out to spy the land, they'd never have spoken negatively of it (Pinchas)

Jul 3, 2018, 7:49 PM

Lost. . . and found. . .

Lost. . .and found. . . It only takes a moment for a little one to slip out of sight. Even as you know that she has just toddled past the slide or peddled to the other side of the playground,...

Jun 29, 2018, 5:58 PM

The number on my arm

The ACLU legal aid's phone number, written on Shira Pruce's forearm with a red sharpie, June 28, 2018. (Courtesy, Shira Pruce).

I know what my children and grandchildren will say about me when they speak of these dark times

Dana Janine Diamond

Jun 28, 2018, 4:03 PM

America’s Farewell to Judeo

I conducted research on this since the election. A lot of people voted for Trump because they wanted Gorsuch, because their Christian religion values embryos equally or even over actual human life. This is not true in the Jewish...

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