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Opinion Israel’s ‘Bikini Ban’ Is Just as Bad as France’s Burkini Ban
Hot on the heels of France’s burkini ban mania, Israel seems to be coming up with its own version. An Israeli singer claims that her set at a Culture Ministry festival on Friday was cut short when she was asked to cover up. Hanna Goor, who was wearing shorts and a bikini top, says she…
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Opinion Burkini Wars Show What’s Wrong With the Religious Right — and Secular Left
No matter how progressive our society has become, a woman’s appearance is still scrutinized, commented upon, critiqued, evaluated and dismissed far more frequently than anything said about a man. Just ask Carly Fiorina. Or Hillary Clinton. But this double standard isn’t simply being exercised by those who weren’t brought up with any manners, or lost…
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Opinion Monica Lewinsky and the Trope of the Jewish Temptress in the Trump Age
While we as a nation prepare for the presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — the first one is slated to take place at Hofstra University on September 26 — much is being written about each candidate’s debate prep. Trump is battening down the hatches by taking advice from former Fox News chairman and many-time…
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Opinion You Won’t Support Paid Parental Leave? Then We Won’t Give You a Grant.
The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York has decided that starting this year, we will only accept grant applications from organizations with paid parental leave policies that offer their employees — new mothers and new fathers — at least four weeks of paid leave at full salary. We are the first foundation in the Jewish…
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Life WATCH: Artist Celebrates Diversity By Taking Stunning Photos of Women Across the World
A Romanian photographer found a unique way to celebrate diversity and combat racism — by traveling around the world, taking gorgeous portraits of women along the way. Mihaela Noroc has visited over 50 countries for her project, “Atlas of Beauty,” and hopes her photographs can promote tolerance. “Many people from all around the world face…
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Life Jewish Grandma Gets Naked at Republican Convention — but It’s Not About Donald Trump
As the sun rose over downtown Cleveland Sunday morning, Marsha Besuner Klausner wore a bandana festooned with American flag pins — and nothing else. As the 65-year-old Jewish grandmother stood nude with a group of 99 other women on the day before the Republican National Convention, Klausner couldn’t stop thinking about how great it was…
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Opinion 3 Women Lead the Forward Into Ambitious Digital Era
Come November, we may find out that the presidential sweepstakes will become known as the Year of the Woman. At the Forward, that’s already happened. For the first time in the nearly 120 years of this legendary Jewish publication, there are women overseeing all publishing and editorial functions. It’s far more than a cosmetic change….
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Breaking News Divided Israeli Town Ordered To Take Down Ultra-Orthodox ‘Modesty’ Signs
A group of Beit Shemesh women fighting to remove “modesty signs” plastered around their city won a key battle in court. The Jerusalem District Court gave Beit Shemesh Mayor Moshe Abutbul three weeks to remove the illegal signs and to act more vigilantly against offenders. Some of the signs instruct women how to dress, requiring…
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