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L.A. Woman

Student on track to become first black female rabbi

Alysa Stanton-Ogulnick isn\’t particularly interested in being a standard-bearer.

She\’s proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a 45-year-old single mother who raised her adopted child on her own.

Researchers stop biological clock during chemo

Girls as young as 14 who are exposed to chemotherapy for treating breast cancer, Hodgkin\’s disease, and other non-malignant diseases such as lupus, put their reproductive system at risk. The chemotherapy can trigger premature menopause and leave women infertile.

Leading . . . by pulling back

When Lori Schneide was 16 years old, she lived in India for the summer.

\”I had this deep impression of calling,\” she said. \”There\’s something we all can humbly contribute.\”

Finding the sacred in the mundane

Now, following the latest publishing craze of themed Jewish anthologies comes \”Bread and Fire: Jewish Women Find God in the Everyday\” (Urim Publications, 2008), edited by Rivkah Slonim (with consulting editor Liz Rosenberg). The 400-page compilation features writings from 60 women on topics including modesty, faith, childbirth, prayer, family, community, feminism and, in one way or another, Orthodox Judaism.

The hi-tech gadgets women need now!

Major manufacturers think that all they have to do is make the product pink to win us over. But, you won\’t find many women lost in a gooey haze over the latest inventions or upgrades until corporate America comes up with things that will make their lives simpler and easier. Herewith a catalog that would really make a gal swoon:

Counting my bruchas

They say brakha, I say brucha in referring to BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, the strong predictors of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer found with unusual frequency in women of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Yes, \”brucha,\” the Hebrew for blessing. Initially, I was being facetious by giving a Jewish pronunciation to the \”Jewish gene\”; at age 56 I had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and \”tumor humor\” helped me cope.

Groups offer hope and support for advanced breast cancer patients

Ever since Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, announced that her breast cancer had recurred and was treatable, but not curable, breast cancer organizations have been fielding questions from women — both from cancer patients and from women worried that if breast cancer does strike, it might also hit them in its most severe form.

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