Sarah Breger is a former editor of the Sisterhood blog. Follow her on Twitter at @sbreger.
Sarah Breger
By Sarah Breger
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Life WATCH: Helen Mirren in ‘Women in Gold’
Helen Mirren stars in the true-story of Maria Altmann, a Jewish refugee forced to flee World War II Vienna, and her fight to reclaim her family’s artwork stolen by the Nazis. The movie revolves around one painting in particular, the portrait of Altmann’s aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer, painted by Gustave Klimt and considered to be the…
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Life 5 Stories About Dinah Way Crazier Than ‘The Red Tent’
Seduction of Dinah, Daughter of Leah by James Tissot For some, Anita Diamant’s retelling of the biblical Dinah story — and adapted Lifetime miniseries — takes too many liberties with the biblical text. But Diamant’s version of events is almost banal compared to stories regarding Dinah found in midrash and other biblical commentaries. Here are…
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Life Anne Frank? There’s An App for That
Anne Frank, age twelve, Courtesy of the Holocaust Museum A Dutch publisher released a new smartphone application containing “The Diary of Anne Frank” in its original language. Besides the published diary, the app has unedited versions of diary entries and writings written by Anne, and an audio-book version read by Carice van Houten, who plays…
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Life Pregnancy Has Only Made Her More Pro-Choice
On the new episode of The Jewish Channel series “The Salon,” co-hosts Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner and TheLi.st founder Rachel Sklar discuss some exciting news: Sklar’s recently announced pregnancy. In the clip, Sklar talks of the joys and challenges in being 41, single and pregnant. Unexpectedly, Sklar says her pregnancy has only increased her support…
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Life Advocating for Orthodox Feminism While Male
Photograph via cafepress As the associate director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA), Aaron Steinberg plays a direct role in shaping the trajectory of Orthodox feminist advocacy. In the lead up to JOFA’s “UnConference” on Sunday in New York, the Sisterhood’s Sarah Breger spoke with Steinberg about the future of Orthodox feminism and what…
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Life On Bill Cosby, Why Did It Take Us So Long?
As the long-known rape accusations against comedian Bill Cosby come to our collective attention, it’s hard not to wonder what took so long? Yesterday Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a reflective piece on this subject over at theatlantic.com that reads like a mix of mussar and atonement. Coates recounts his reluctance, when profiling Bill Cosby in 2008,…
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Life Jill Soloway Teams Up with Porn Star to Discuss Consent
What exactly is consent? Adult film star Nina Hartley helps one young couple establish and respect each other’s sexual boundaries in this short video co-directed by “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway. Is visiting a sex dungeon really the best way to understand this idea? “The kink community is actually very centered on honesty, consent, and openness,”…
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Life Broad City’s Back With Bongs, Seth Rogen and a Shiva
Everyone’s favorite comedic duo, Abbi and Ilana are back—this time in “white power” suits. Comedy Central unveiled the trailer for season two of the series that last year the Sisterhood called “a feminist triumph.” The half hour comedy follows the New York City-based misadventures of the shows co-stars and creators Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer….
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