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jewish women
Ivanka Trump publishing book for professional women
Ivanka Trump will be publishing a book next spring to help professional women.
Where have you gone, Betty Friedan?
Betty Friedan was a twentieth-century American revolutionary who, in word and deed helped empower women everywhere. She was author of The Feminine Mystique (1963), founded the National Organization of Women (NOW), and “mother” of Second Wave Feminism that transformed the U.S
Temple sisterhoods try to keep pace with changing times
Ah, the trustworthy temple sisterhood. Just uttering its name conjures up images of women in the kitchen prepping for an oneg: kugel in the oven, challah on the platter, women chatting among themselves.
After Freundel scandal, Washington Jewish women reclaim mikvah with mural
When prominent Washington rabbi Barry Freundel was arrested last year for secretly videotaping dozens of women using the mikvah adjacent to his Orthodox synagogue, the sense of sacredness of the ritual of mikvah immersion was shattered for some local Jewish women.
Ultra-Orthodox women open new businesses
Secular women see new potential markets