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24 Feb

NGOs Fail Palestinian Women at the UN

February 24, 2011
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By Paula Kweskin In April 2010, a 32-year-old woman was shot to death in a town in the northern Gaza Strip. Several men, including her father,...

21 Feb

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Jews Support Both Life and Choice

February 21, 2011
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By Steven Philp On Friday the House of Representatives passed a measure to suspend $330 million of Title X federal funding for Planned Parenthood on the...

04 Feb

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Yoo-hoo, Ms. Rivers!

May 8, 2012
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by Amanda Walgrove As she’d be the first to joke about, Joan Rivers has tough skin. While her 2010 documentary, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,...

26 Dec

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Always a "Moment" Ahead of the Curve

May 8, 2012
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One of the great things about Moment is that through its 36-year history, it has documented breaking trends in Jewish life with insight and forward-looking...

14 Dec

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Bridging the Gender Gap in Prayer – Sort Of

May 8, 2012
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By Lily Hoffman Simon The patriarchal tradition of Orthodox Judaism is being challenged all over the world. The recent controversy surrounding the ordainment of Sara Hurwitz...

06 Jan

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Now even Jewish grandmothers hate the Israeli Rabbinate

May 8, 2012
By Sarah Breger
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By Sarah Breger Grandma is fighting back. The Center for Women’s Justice, the Israeli non-profit organization dedicated to upholding a woman’s right to just treatment in...

04 Dec

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Women to Israeli government: no to back of the bus

May 8, 2012
By Sarah Breger
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By Sarah Breger Last week's news of Nofrat Frenkel's arrest for wearing a Taalit at the Western Wall caused outrage among those concerned (and frustrated by)...