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Liel Lei­bovitz
May 19, 2014
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10 Ways You Can Pro­mote Gen­der Equal­i­ty in Your Local School

Ear­li­er this week, Dr. Elana Maryles Sztok­man wrote about sev­en places where reli­gious rad­i­cal­ism threat­ens wom­en’s well-being in Israel and ten inspir­ing ways that…
Elana Sztok­man
May 16, 2014
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10 Inspir­ing Ways That Women Are Fight­ing for Jus­tice in Israel

Ear­li­er this week, Dr. Elana Maryles Sztok­man wrote about sev­en places where reli­gious rad­i­cal­ism threat­ens wom­en’s well-being in Israel. She is the author of the…
Elana Sztok­man
May 14, 2014
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Sholem Aleichem’s Motl on a Kin­dle as Yid­dish Clas­sics Go Digital

Look­ing for some­thing new to read with your book club? Have you thought about try­ing some­thing old? Thanks to a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Yale Uni­ver­si­ty Press, New…
Josh Lam­bert
May 13, 2014
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7 Places Where Reli­gious Rad­i­cal­ism Threat­ens Women’s Well-Being in Israel

Dr. Elana Maryles Sztok­man is for­mer exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Jew­ish Ortho­dox Fem­i­nist Alliance (JOFA). She is the author of the forth­com­ing The War on Women in…
Elana Sztok­man
May 13, 2014
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“Are You Jewish?”

Ear­li­er this week, Julia Dahl wrote about when inspi­ra­tion finds you in unex­pect­ed places and explained why she writes about crime. Her debut nov­el, Invis­i­ble City…
Julia Dahl
May 9, 2014
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