If you have been keeping up with the mass demonstrations in Israel and are scratching your head to figure out exactly what’s going on, you are not alone. Many Israelis, myself included, are similarly perplexed. I’ll give you […]
What began as a routine divorce between a Danish-born convert and her Israeli husband now threatens to tear apart the country, opening deep wounds and revealing the ugly face of the haredi judges who rule Israel’s Rabbinical Court […]
Published in the Jewish Chronicle on 23 February 2007 In July 2004, after spending too much time sitting behind a computer, I took a walk in downtown Jerusalem. I bought Vanity Fair magazine, and looked forward to reading […]
Friends, I have more news about Rachel S. The Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem has handed down its final decision in her case. Just a reminder, they were ruling on the suggestion of the social worker that she be […]
On Sunday, I went to Israel’s Supreme Court to listen to the wisdom of the highest judges in Israel concerning the case of Rachel S. (there’s a partial gag order, thus the initial), the woman on whom I […]
I am a 55-year-old white, middle-class American woman; wife, mother, grandmother. I am one of the loyal fans who have made Oprah Winfrey the queen of American television, and a successful magazine magnate. I am special in only […]
The role of Chief Rabbi of Israel is the product of the catastrophic mingling of religion and politics. Chosen for their political connections rather than their scholarship or exemplary personal life (although past chief rabbis have been blessed […]
I can’t remember the last time I took a bus in Jerusalem. But Monday morning, in the throes of a new exercise regimen, I found myself walking down Strauss Street and, as luck would have it, the number […]
If we are going to talk about the history of women, Jewish women, over the last thousand years, let’s start with the tale of Gertrude B. Elion, who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for her work in medical […]