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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Rabbi Leah Kroll takes solo trip to fulfill aliyah dreams

By Tom Tugend

In August, she joined 240 other North American olim, or new immigrants, on an El Al flight chartered by Nefesh B' Nefesh (Soul to Soul), arriving to an emotional welcome in Israel.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Deferred dream comes true for actress Nan Tepper

By Tom Tugend

"I had been a student, wife, mother, news executive and caregiver, but I had always promised myself that one day I would be an actor."

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

All pink, all the time

By Molly Binenfeld, Contributing Writer

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Feminist cantor retires from long-term post

By Danielle Berrin

If words don't come easily to Rosenbloom, it's because she has spent most of her life singing. As early as age 4, she jumped up on a coffee table at home and sang an Israeli folk song for her mother and father

Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Hadassah convention - VideoJew style

By Jay Firestone

The 94th annual Hadassah convention recently traveled to Los Angeles and JewishJournal.com VideoJew Jay Firestone was all over it, like jelly on gefilte fish.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Turning 60

By Rabbi Anne Brener

I have learned that finding peace is more important than being right, but that I can't make peace with someone who doesn't see me, nor they with me if I don't see them.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Hadassah convention to stimulate mind, body, soul

By Tom Tugend

An overflowing plate of activities, from Shalom Yoga exercises at 6:15 a.m. to festivities lasting until midnight, will be served up to some 2,000 energetic delegates attending the 94th annual convention of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, in Los Angeles.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Young women find it’s not their bubbe’s Hadassah

By Rachel Heller

A spiritually-attuned mother of two with a background in software sales, Rabishaw might not seem like your typical Hadassah member. Then again, many young members say, this isn't your grandmother's Hadassah.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

What to expect when you’re not sure you’re done expecting

By Debi Pomerantz

One night on the phone, she confesses to me about the "voices" -- the voices in her head that keep telling her she feels empty. I tell her the story about the man who picked up radio signals via the fillings in his mouth. She ignores me and tells me she knows it's about wanting another baby. That she wants to have another kid, and it's too late.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Student on track to become first black female rabbi

By Sue Fishkoff

Alysa Stanton-Ogulnick isn't particularly interested in being a standard-bearer.


She's proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a 45-year-old single mother who raised her adopted child on her own.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Tolerance Museum director doesn’t tolerate status quo

By Elyse Glickman

The Museum of Tolerance is rarely the same experience twice, even with its permanent exhibits. New visuals, soundtracks and materials are added to keep the displays current and relevant. And while many people think of the museum as a "Jewish" institution, it is the "human" experience that touches upon issues that affect visitors of all ages and ethnic backgrounds.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Researchers stop biological clock during chemo

By Karin Kloosterman

Girls as young as 14 who are exposed to chemotherapy for treating breast cancer, Hodgkin's disease, and other non-malignant diseases such as lupus, put their reproductive system at risk. The chemotherapy can trigger premature menopause and leave women infertile.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Gender equity lags in Jewish organizations

By Sue Fishkoff

It's been 45 years since the U.S. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal to pay men more than women for the same job.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

The intercontinental JConnector dreams big

By Danielle Berrin

Just try to put Michal Taviv in a box -- she won't fit.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Leading . . .  by pulling back

By Amy Klein

When Lori Schneide was 16 years old, she lived in India for the summer.

"I had this deep impression of calling," she said. "There's something we all can humbly contribute."

Thursday, February 14, 2008

The hi-tech gadgets women need now!

By Beth Levine

Major manufacturers think that all they have to do is make the product pink to win us over. But, you won't find many women lost in a gooey haze over the latest inventions or upgrades until corporate America comes up with things that will make their lives simpler and easier. Herewith a catalog that would really make a gal swoon:

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Women’s Heart Health 101

By Jenny Stamos

Advice about cholesterol for women.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Finding the sacred in the mundane

By Amy Klein

Now, following the latest publishing craze of themed Jewish anthologies comes "Bread and Fire: Jewish Women Find God in the Everyday" (Urim Publications, 2008), edited by Rivkah Slonim (with consulting editor Liz Rosenberg). The 400-page compilation features writings from 60 women on topics including modesty, faith, childbirth, prayer, family, community, feminism and, in one way or another, Orthodox Judaism.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Counting my bruchas

By Fredricka R. Maister

They say brakha, I say brucha in referring to BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, the strong predictors of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer found with unusual frequency in women of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Yes, "brucha," the Hebrew for blessing. Initially, I was being facetious by giving a Jewish pronunciation to the "Jewish gene"; at age 56 I had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and "tumor humor" helped me cope.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Color me spiritual

By Amy Klein

It's another bright sunny day in Encino, but Deborah Gordon manages to almost outshine the sun. In her hot pink and purple ensemble -- from ankle-length skirt to long-sleeved blouse topped by a fuchsia hat -- this rebbetzin wasn't kidding when she said she was all about colors.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Groups offer hope and support for advanced breast cancer patients

By Francesca Lunzer Kritz

Ever since Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, announced that her breast cancer had recurred and was treatable, but not curable, breast cancer organizations have been fielding questions from women -- both from cancer patients and from women worried that if breast cancer does strike, it might also hit them in its most severe form.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Transcendence—a true story for Yom Kippur

By Julie G Fax

What is it that allowed this family to stay whole and renew the life in themselves when fate, or God, or a violent man, dealt them unimaginable grief? In this season of renewal and introspection, of fate and faith, what can others facing obstacles of any degree learn from this family's remarkable ability to transcend the unthinkable?

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Be careful what you ask for

By Diane Saltzberg

Is "living by your wits" the same thing as "witty"?

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Red Date, Blue Date

By Carin Davis

Having now completed my unsuccessful world tour of bars, parties and weddings, I'm looking for new ways to meet new men.