By Brad Rothschild, a documentary filmmaker in New York City. The trailer for his upcoming film on Tamar Manasseh, They Ain’t Ready for Me, can
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Two phenomena in Jewish public discourse that bother me feel especially acute around and in advance of Tisha B’Av. The first is the use of
At the end of July, USA Today published a piece on Jewish reactions to the co-optation of Old Testament language to justify anti-abortion legislation. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg is quoted in the article, and the work of the National Council of Jewish Women is referenced. But where is everyone else?
Twelve years ago, Tarana Burke created a myspace page titled “me too” as a community project to give women of color a space to support
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Draw close those cast out Rabbi Adina Allen Rosh Hashanah 5779 In the Torah reading for the first day of Rosh Hashanah Aliyah Sarah demands,
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