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Fighting for religious pluralism in Israel

The arrest of Israeli feminist Anat Hoffman at the Western Wall last month sent ripples of alarm across the Jewish world, and leaders in Los Angeles will address their concerns about religious pluralism in Israel to Los Angeles’ Israeli Consul General in a public forum Nov. 26 at Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills.

Jewish women: this one’s for you

Jewish women have a long-standing history of deep involvement in the American feminist movement. Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique,” was Jewish, as is playwright and activist Eve Ensler, current leader of the international movement opposing violence against women.

Paula Hyman, Jewish feminist and scholar, dies

Noted Jewish feminist Paula Hyman, who served as the first female dean of the Seminary College of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary, has died.

Robot Dances Off With Award

Don\’t have time to shlep to a museum? Too tired to remember if the free museum day is the first or second Tuesday of the month? Want to conquer a large, overwhelming exhibit in small, 15-minute intervals? Then bring the museum to your desktop and browse at your own pace.

Leaving Mitzrayim

It was my third seder of the week, but this one was unlike any other. It was a "Seder of Women\’s Voices," and I felt privileged to be one of the few men in the room among a 150 or so women.

Paula Vogel’s ‘Lolita’

Playwright Paula Vogel grew up in suburban Maryland, where the country clubs did not accept her Jewish father.

Circle of Friends

I see that it\’s time for the media to replay the perennial horror story known as The Dying Jew. \”The Vanishing Jew,\” by Alan Dershowitz, is a mea culpa over his son\’s intermarriage.

Clinton and the Feminists

For many Jewish women, the feminist movement has been the key political event of our lifetimes. It has given us role models, women of great personal power and intellectual agility, and allowed us to venture into unprecedented careers and lifestyles.Arguably, the reason so many Jewish women were drawn to feminism is that it articulated the dream of personal freedom and the mandate of political activism contained within our own spiritual tradition, the pursuit of tikkun olam.\n

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