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• Blogging the JOFA UnConference: Conversion, Rabbinic Authority, and Power...

  

  On November 23, I had the honor of attending the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA)’s UnConference. Unlike its large-scale two-day conference convened... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Creating Culture Change to End Street Harassment

  

  Check our the article I wrote for Her Campus!“Lookin’ good, ladies!” an inebriated guy in a moving car filled with his buddies yells out at me and my friends... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Faith and Feminism: The Panel!

  

  Check out the article I wrote for Manifesta!As a feminist activist and a person of faith, both feminism and religion are integral parts of my life. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• #CarryThatWeight

  

  Check out the article I wrote for Her Campus Harvard!On October 29, I walked from the MAC Quad to Memorial Church in the rain with four other Harvard... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Impact of Cultural Activities on Women's Assimilation

  

  In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Russia, a large portion of young Jews would attend secular reading groups. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Impact of Work and Activism on Women's Assimilation

  

  Although they were barred from holding leadership positions within the community, most Russian Jewish women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Impact of Education on Women’s Assimilation

  

  Many Jewish women in Russia who assimilated left the religious community because they had received an extensive and formal secular education, but only a... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Comic Cons, Cosplay, and Sexual Harassment

  

  I Google Image searched "women cosplay,"and this was one of the less sexualized hits.As a feminist activist, ending the prevalence of violence against women... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Jews and Suffrage, Part 5: Rabbinical Perspectives on Women and the Franchise

  

  Rabbis’ opinions on suffrage were just as varied as their congregants’. As early as 1892, rabbis within the Reform movement were agitating to allow for women... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Jews and Suffrage, Part 4: Anti-Suffrage Activists

  

  Welcome to a new series on Star of Davida, Jews and Suffrage! As you may have surmised from the title, this series will be dedicated to discussing the history o... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Jews and Suffrage, Part 3: Pro-Suffrage Activists

  

  Welcome to a new series on Star of Davida, Jews and Suffrage! As you may have surmised from the title, this series will be dedicated to discussing the history o... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Jews and Suffrage, Part 2: The Jewish Communal Response

  

  Welcome to a new series on Star of Davida, Jews and Suffrage! As you may have surmised from the title, this series will be dedicated to discussing the history o... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Jews and Suffrage, Part 1: American Jewish Organizations and the Vote

  

  Welcome to a new series on Star of Davida, Jews and Suffrage! As you may have surmised from the title, this series will be dedicated to discussing the history o... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Jewish Feminist Preschool Education: My Experiences

  

  If we want to create a society that values equality, it’s imperative that we teach feminist values to children from an early age. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Infographic: The Diversity Gap in the Academy Awards

  

  This infographic is a couple years old, but the basic message - there are not enough women and people of color, and especially women of color, in the movie... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• On Administrative Assistants: Why “Secretary” Shouldn’t Be A Bad Word

  

  In my senior year of high school, I was working on yearbook and often needed the principal’s approval for editorial decisions, so the office became my frequent... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Cycle of Objectification at the Brooklyn Cyclones

  

  Although I don’t really do sports, one of my friends’ dads had tickets for a Minor League baseball game, so a few of us went for kicks. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• An Open Letter to My Bais Yaakov Education

  Check out the article I wrote for the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA)'s blog, The Torch!To My Bais Yaakov Education,I thought I knew what I was... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• JAP? Nah, I'm a JAF.

  

  Check out the article I wrote for the Jewesses with Attitude blog!...At the 2013 JOFA conference panel “‘Slut!: The Shame Effect,” the feminist author and... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• This is My Wall

  

  The first time I saw the Kotel, the Western Wall in Jerusalem, was when I went to Israel through Taglit-Birthright in January. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 DEBATE, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES