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Wanted: More women in Los Angeles City Hall
Bill Boyarsky
May 27, 2015
What Los Angeles City Hall needs is a strong Jewish woman.
Israeli gov’t to fund abortions for women ages 20-33
Jewish Journal
December 30, 2013
Israeli women between the ages of 20 and 33 will be eligible to receive government-funded abortions in 2014.
Fed Chief Janet Yellen’s gender bigger deal than faith
Jewish Journal
October 16, 2013
Janet Yellen is soft-spoken, tough, methodological, flexible — and Jewish. President Obama’s announcement last week that he had tapped Yellen, 67, to succeed Ben Bernanke as chair of the Federal Reserve made news in part because she would be the first woman in the top spot.
Why Huma Abedin stands by her man
Jewish Journal
July 25, 2013
Many New Yorkers, as the New York Times notes, are “baffled by the loyalty shown by Huma Abedin” to her transgressing spouse, Anthony Weiner. I suspect, however, that for many first generation immigrants such as myself, especially those of us with Asian and South Asian roots, she is much less of a puzzle.
Jewish and Arab American woman suing airline for racial profiling
Jewish Journal
January 23, 2013
A Jewish-Arab American woman is suing a U.S. airline and the federal Transportation Security Administration for removing her from an airplane and strip-searching her.
Woman attacked for immodest dress
Jewish Journal
June 21, 2012
Haredi Orthodox men threw stones at a woman and her baby who were shopping in Beit Shemesh.
Community Rallies for Woman’s Divorce, UCLA Acquires Jewish Artifacts
Jewish Journal
March 11, 2009
Chanting “Stop Abuse” and “Free Your Wife,” 200 people rallied on the eve of Purim in front of the Fairfax-area home of a man who refuses to grant his wife a Jewish divorce.
An open letter to the rabbis at the Jewish Theological Seminary
Pamela Witt
December 14, 2006
In elementary school I realized I was different. I had no vocabulary for it, but all the books, movies and relationships I saw led me to believe that my feelings were not normal and needed to be suppressed.
Jewish Woman Is European Beauty Queen; Katsav Urged to Temporarily Quit
Jewish Journal
November 2, 2006
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