At the DC Dyke March, Jewish Groups Protest Star of David Policy
A group of Jewish Zionist supporters gathered in Washington, DC on Friday to protest the DC Dyke March’s ban on Israeli flags and Pride flags with the Star of David in the middle. ...
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Star of David Pride Flags Unwelcome at DC Dyke March
11:56 06 June
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The June 7th DC Dyke March will prohibit participants from carrying Israeli flags and Pride flags with the Star of David in the middle, according to one of its organizers. ...
Five Things to Know This Week: What Did the Women’s March Mean for the Democrats?
With thousands of participants taking to the streets across the nation on Saturday, the third Women’s March provided a defining moment for the movement, and even more so for the future face of liberals in American politics. ...
Three Women You Should Know
Gal Lusky, founder of Israeli Flying Aid (IFA), has brought humanitarian help into some of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones. Lusky was born on Kibbutz Hokok in northern Israel, and she says her upbringing provided her with independence, while her Jewish values taught her...
It’s Time for the Israeli Government to Take a Stand Against Gender-Based Violence
In early December, under banners declaring “This is an emergency” and carrying signs with pictures of the 24 women murdered in 2018, more than 20,000 women gathered in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to protest against femicide and gender-based violence in Israel....
Rebecca Traister Is Mad. And That’s Okay.
Rebecca Traister is angry. She is angry, and every day strangers criticize her rage, or tell her she sounds like a fool, or that attractive women should not get angry....
Abby Stein: A Gender Transition Through a Jewish Lens
Abby Stein is the first openly transgender ex-Hasid and a lightning rod for Hasidic trans-youth....
How Have Female Clergy Transformed Jewish Life, Ritual and Practice?
Forty-six years after the first American woman rabbi was ordained, Judaism is transformed. ...
What’s the Best Way to Say #MeToo?
14:23 13 September
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In the small, insular Jewish professional world, people are often reluctant to come forward with sexual harassment allegations—Especially Against ‘big machers.’ That’s beginning to change....
Opinion | Online Misogyny Is Hate Speech
For women who work or spend time online, the idea that online misogyny is dangerous seems like basic common sense. Female journalists, politicians, celebrities and other women with work-related internet presences often face daily harassment, hacking or doxxing—the release of their private information, including phone...