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In Suze Orman’s latest PBS special, the personal finance guru exhorts women not to volunteer, not to “put themselves on sale.” I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately because… Read more »
Putting Ourselves Up for Sale?
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Know any Israeli Accountants? Just One Condition…
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In the spirit of “aliyah adventures,” I record here a transcript of a conversation I had this afternoon with an accountant in Jerusalem: “Hello, this is Avrum, returning your call.… Read more »
How 'Bout a Reading List?
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“Be warned,” Ellen Litman writes in Ha’aretz. “The Book of Dahlia is not the kind of book in which a girl gets an incurable brain tumor and learns an important… Read more »
Reflections on International Women's Day
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Saturday March 8th marked 100 years of commemorating International Women’s Day. (Mazel tov IWD!) A lot of people are skeptical of such Days with a capital D, but — like… Read more »
Hideous Kinky
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The other night, a friend and I went to a reading at the East Village’s cozy The reading was decidedly unsexy, too self-conscious to be much more than yet another… Read more »
Portman’s Spicy Interfaith Flick
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Israeli born actress, Natalie Portman recently made headlines for designing a new line of vegan shoes. (When I want to find stylish, leather-free shoes to match my vegetarian values, I… Read more »
Philanthropy Begins at Home
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We all know the stereotypes about Jews and money, but what if you’re Jewish and you don’t have any money to speak of? It’s one thing to help the UJA/Federation… Read more »
Orthodox Slam Safe Sex Campaign
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Looks like Agudath Israel has taken a cue from Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger. As the JTA reports, the “leading U.S. umbrella group of fervently Orthodox Jews” (the fervent equivalent… Read more »
Amelia Bedelia marries a Babylonian
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As a child, I was a big fan of the Amelia Bedelia books. This popular series featured a dark stocking and apron-clad housekeeper who was famous for her silly but… Read more »
Achievements in Inclusiveness
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In all the post-show analysis of this year’s Oscars, someone has finally noticed that the traditional gender-segregation of awards is not, well, natural. Sarah Churchwell writes in the Guardian, “Although… Read more »