Articles for Jewish Women

Nobody Wants This is sexist – and disrespectful to Jewish women like me
3 months ago

Nobody Wants This is sexist – and disrespectful to Jewish women like me

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Except this time, he’s a rabbi – one with an alarming amount of emotional maturity, self-awareness, …

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On Camera, Anti-Israel Protester In Canada Says ‘Jewish Women Too Ugly To Be Raped’
8 months, 1 week ago

On Camera, Anti-Israel Protester In Canada Says ‘Jewish Women Too Ugly To Be Raped’

News 18  

Two videos from the US and Canada where anti-Israel protesters are caught on camera making antisemitic comments during the sweeping protests demanding universities divest from Israel have gone viral. One video from Vancouver in British Columbia shows an elderly woman at a pro-Palestinian rally telling a woman recording her and the rally that ‘Jewish women are too ugly to be …

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Jewish veterans mark sacrifice with ceremony at Cenotaph
2 years, 1 month ago

Jewish veterans mark sacrifice with ceremony at Cenotaph

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A ceremony has been held at the Cenotaph marking the …

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How the Supreme Court recalibrated the abortion debate in just 3 words
2 years, 5 months ago

How the Supreme Court recalibrated the abortion debate in just 3 words

CNN  

CNN — It’s not just that US Supreme Court majorities upheld Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and overturned Roe v. Wade. Worse, said Peters, is that by co-opting the term, “unborn human being,” it signals “which religious voices get authority and power in our country.” Though opponents of legalized abortion often paint women who undergo abortions as heathens, a strong majority …

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The overturn of Roe v Wade is an attack on Jewish women’s right to freedom of religion
2 years, 6 months ago

The overturn of Roe v Wade is an attack on Jewish women’s right to freedom of religion

The Independent  

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A secret dressmaking salon saved a group of Jewish women from certain death in Auschwitz
3 years, 2 months ago

A secret dressmaking salon saved a group of Jewish women from certain death in Auschwitz

ABC  

When Lucy Adlington learnt about a tailoring studio in Auschwitz where Jewish women were forced to make clothes for the wives of Nazi officials, she had no idea the journey that discovery would take her on. "Because they had people coming and going from the plunder warehouses, getting fabrics and from the SS admin block where the tailoring studio was …

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Historian Judy Batalion’s “The Light of Days” recounts how Jewish women fought the Nazis
3 years, 5 months ago

Historian Judy Batalion’s “The Light of Days” recounts how Jewish women fought the Nazis

The Hindu  

It is a short day in February 1943. This is how the historical events of that night are portrayed by historian Judy Batalion in her book The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos. A rare gem of a book Judy Batalion too seeks to use culture and literature to reinvigorate the memory of …

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Images reveal fear of children and families as hundreds of Hungarian Jews are led into Auschwitz
3 years, 11 months ago

Images reveal fear of children and families as hundreds of Hungarian Jews are led into Auschwitz

Daily Mail  

Their faces etched with fear, Jewish children and mothers carrying toddlers walk unknowingly to their horrendous fate. Majdanek was initially intended for forced labour but was converted into an extermination camp in 1942 The saddest of anniversaries: 76 years after Auschwitz was liberated, thousands around the world mark the day in private as Covid-19 prevents the usual large ceremonies By …

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Understanding the dress codes of Orthodox Jewish women and their diverse interpretations
4 years, 6 months ago

Understanding the dress codes of Orthodox Jewish women and their diverse interpretations

CNN  

CNN — Based on the true story of Deborah Feldman, a Jewish woman who left the Satmar community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in search of a new life, the hit Netflix series “Unorthodox” has brought Hasidic culture – and its female dress codes – into mainstream focus. “Kate Spade, Chanel, Ferragamo and Hermes were the stand-out designers,” she said, that “add …

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