The ketubah is a binding document in Jewish law that traditionally spells out a groom's responsibilities toward his wife − but that many couples adapt to be more egalitarian. PowerSiege/iStock via ...
• It is a rare thing for a man to publicly identify as feminist and to advocate on behalf of equitable pay, women’s lay and professional leadership, and increased paid maternity leave at Jewish ...
Over the last four decades, American women have got almost everything the feminist movement promised. Lucky us! Are we happy now? No, we are not. All across the industrialized world, wherever ...
Tori Amos once sang, "Blood in the cherry zone when they pit [hu]man against feminist." Despite the varying definitions and meanings of feminism, egalitarianism fuels the heart of the movement, a ...
This is the thirteenth entry of an ongoing series exploring Jewish feminism. I am a Jewish feminist because my mom decided to put on a tallit and tefillin when I was 10. I remember that she asked my ...
The al-Qaeda woman should not exactly be a revolutionary. The al-Qaeda woman should not exactly be a revolutionary. A magazine affiliated with the terrorist organization advised women not to be modern ...
In recent surveys, 70 percent of American women rejected the label “feminist.” Why? In Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why it Matters Today (AEI Press, Values & Capitalism Series, 2013), ...
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) Traditional ...
Traditional Jewish weddings share one key aspect with traditional Christian weddings. Historically, the ceremony was essentially a transfer of property: A woman went from being the responsibility of ...