Seven Modern Additions to the Seder Plate
In recent years, a number of new Passover items have been adopted—or at least proposed—to include in and around the traditional seder plate.
‘Deeply Rooted’—Pursuing Reproductive Justice Through Art
“I’ve integrated prayer into these amulets and made them to resemble a pill box, evoking birth control,” says Charlie Schrön. The multimedia exhibition of work by 21 female artists is a powerful rejoinder to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last spring.
From the Newsletter | The Brilliant and Formidable Alice Shalvi
When she died on October 2 at age 96, Alice Shalvi left behind scores of mourning family members and friends in Israel and abroad, hundreds...
Book Review | From Half a Line to Hebrew Heroine
Feldman not only recovers these female characters but brings together the traditional rabbinic commentaries on these marginal or marginalized women.
The Debate over Dianne Feinstein
We can all hope that Senator Feinstein is able to draw on the strength of her Judaism and proceed on her life’s path with dignity, mindful of her incumbent duty.
From the Newsletter | Let’s Make Hanukkah a Time to Remember Great Women
Returning the women of the Hanukkah story to the spotlight.
Opinion | Debating the Jewish Canon
One day last spring, I got a call from a woman I didn’t know, asking if I objected—as she did—to a work of mine being included in The New Jewish Canon: Ideas and Debates 1980-2015 along with works by men identified as notable abusers by the #MeToo movement.
A Conversation with Founding Editor of Ms. Magazine Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Moment columnist since 1991, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, is a powerful voice for feminism in the Jewish world and beyond. Pogrebin, in conversation with Moment opinion and books editor, Amy Schwartz, discusses the state of feminism today and her dismay at how the miniseries Mrs. America portrayed her friend Gloria Steinem and represented the world of second wave feminism.
Debra Katz: Ahead of Her Time
She was the go-to lawyer for whistleblower and sexual discrimination claims long before #MeToo got its name.
Opinion | ‘Mrs. America’ Gets It Wrong
“It galls me when Mrs. America keeps underscoring the friction among feminists rather than grappling with the complexity of our challenges.”
Meet the Jewish Women At the Heart of FX’s ‘Mrs. America’
FX’s newly released Mrs. America portrays the battle between the second-wave feminists who aimed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and conservative Phyllis Schlafly...
In ‘Quiet For Too Long,’ Solvej Schou Gets Loud
Solvej Schou is a Jewish musician, writer and feminist. Her art and politics are largely inspired by her family—particularly her grandmother, who was a Holocaust...