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The position of the Jewish woman in Germany today cannot be ascertained from understanding the present alone. A brief look at the recent and distant past—perhaps even the long-distant past—is…
It is you, modern girls, whom I address. The modern spirit has completely changed your natures. If the sages of old, who spoke so much about the wonderful strength of woman as opposed to man, found…
I read the serial article included in your esteemed periodical . . . signed by Dr. Amin Effendi al-Khuri; on finishing it, I realized that it had been written in response to an earlier article on the…
The situation of the Jewish woman might well be compared to the situation of the Jew in non-Jewish culture. The Gentile projection of the Jew as Other—the stranger, the demon, the human not-quite…
This postcard was part of a campaign by Jewish Women Watching criticizing the close relationship between Jewish community leaders and conservative evangelical Christians who were against abortion.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The word “feminism” is interpreted in different ways. Some would grant [women] exaggerated rights. Others limit their demands to their simplest form without arriving at a proper…
The feminist movement as at present instituted is InadequateWomen if you want to realize yourselves—you are on the eve of a devastating psychological upheaval—all your pet illusions must be unmasked…
In a long poem written in 1960, when I was thirty-one years old, I described myself as “Split at the root, neither Gentile nor Jew, / Yankee nor Rebel.” I was still trying to have it both ways: to be…