Teen Voices
Young Israeli Politician Energizes Teen
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To Rising Voices Fellow Eliana Gayle-Schneider, 30-year-old Stav Shaffir gives Israeli politics a caffeine jolt.
Anne Frank
Anne Frank’s Father Unable to Ban Fear in Annex
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Despite not living in continuous tension, fear was a constant in the secret annex Anne Frank and her family hid in during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, says Melissa Müller in this excerpt from her revised biography “Anne Frank.”
Crime & Law
Obama Addresses Sex Violence at Holocaust Museum
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The founder of Remember the Women Institute finds the president’s remarks significant given the context. That’s because the sexual violence that occurred during the Holocaust is still not widely recognized.
Arts & Culture
Daughter Topples Orthodox Law Disinheriting Her
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Amy Neustein could have quietly savored her recent legal victory in a case of inheritance rights in New York. She’d won. The house was hers. But too many Orthodox women have lost similar struggles to keep silent.
Politics
Helen Thomas Coverage Skips the Underlying Issue
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In all the brouhaha over Helen Thomas’ comments on Israel, Rima Abdelkader finds the media missing the chance to offer a full and fair discussion of the occupied Palestinian territories.
Arts & Culture
Israeli Women’s Prayers Hit Reactionary Wall
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A woman wearing tefillin touches the Western Wall. Women in Israel are prohibited from wearing tefillin and prayer shawls at the Western Wall.
Judiasm
Orthodox Women Read Torah in Mixed Services
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Traditionally, women have been locked out of reading the Jewish holy book in Orthodox Holy Day celebrations. But a small movement of female Torah readers is gaining ground both in the United States and Israel.
Israel
Rabbi Stakes Her Claim In Orthodox Stronghold
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Since Rabbi Leibovich became in 1993 the first native-born female rabbi in Israel, she has pushed for the rights of women to participate more fully in religion. Amid tremendous adversity, she has also built a Progressive community and synagogue.