Rebecca Schischa
By Rebecca Schischa
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The Schmooze Theresienstadt Drama Keeps the Evil Underneath
“What did you expect? Walking skeletons in striped pajamas and yellow stars?” says the Nazi Commandant to his Red Cross visitors in dramatist Juan Mayorga’s haunting play “Way to Heaven” (“Himmelweg”), now playing at the Repertorio Espanol-Gramercy Arts Theater through January 27. Well, yes, that was exactly what I expected, knowing that the play’s central…
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Life A Feminist Victory … on ‘America’s Next Top Model’
A shameful admission from a proud feminist: I’ve been watching the latest season of the reality show competition “America’s Next Top Model.” I know, I know, I ought to be ashamed of myself, but there’s something about this show that is so far removed from day-to-day life that I just can’t help myself. Of course…
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Life What Leads to ‘Burqa Rage’
It’s interesting to see that my previous post on Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the thorny issue of condemning women’s oppression in cultures other than our own sparked an insightful response from Sisterhood contributor Elana Sztokman. Elana argues persuasively as to what the right choice should be in the feminism vs. cultural relativism quandary that I…
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Life Reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Nomad’
Thinking back what I’ve written recently on my blog condemning the prohibition on women drivers in some parts of the Jewish and Muslim worlds, I realized that ever since, I’ve had a strangely guilty conscience for having voiced my opinions on this issue. There’s a small, persistent voice in me that’s saying: Maybe it’s their…
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