Why are wonderful women warblers confined to singing to a female-only audience? No reason!
Women: You Can Sing If You Want To
June 15th, 2011 — Jewish life, Jewish women
So How Was the Bob Dylan Concert?
June 21st, 2011 — Life in Israel
Dylan fans won’t like this post. But read on, anyway. I actually won two tickets in a competition that I thought for sure I’d never win. To enter, you had to say, in as few words as possible, why you want to go to the concert. I said: because I didn’t see him at Sinai. [...]
Cover Your Hair or Cover Up What You Do
October 20th, 2010 — Jewish women, Life in Israel, Social action
I don’t think covering your hair or not covering your hair will make you a better person.
There is, Too, Such Thing as a Free Loan
October 13th, 2010 — finances, Life in Israel
I Want to Walk These Streets —
Even If They ARE Mean
October 4th, 2010 — Jewish life, Jewish women, Life in Israel
Will there come a time when ultra-Orthodox women will be treated equally in their sexist communities?
Why I Listen to Johnny Mathis
Before Yom Kippur
September 16th, 2010 — Jewish life
Before Yom Kippur, a lot of people read and reflect. I listen to Johnny Mathis singing Kol Nidre.
Jewish New Year Resolution:
Ditch Self Criticism and Take a Bow
August 30th, 2010 — Jewish life
Educators, rabbis, take note! Instead of castigating ourselves on how “bad” we were this year, why not applaud ourselves for the good things we did?
I Got All My Sisters with Me
August 25th, 2010 — Jewish life, Jewish women
My mother, Suli Fishel, was an only child. And her biggest pleasure was to see us sisters get together and talk and talk and talk. She thought this was the ideal: sisters. Now, realistically, things aren’t always idyllic, but in the end, I wonder sometimes, how do people make it through life without a sister? Quotegarden [...]
Bringing Grandma for Reburial in Israel
July 21st, 2010 — Jewish life, Jewish women
Bringing relatives’ bones for reburial in Israel may seem a bit off the beaten track. It is.
Why I’m So Jealous of Berliners
July 12th, 2010 — Jewish life, Life in Israel
Why am I envious of Berliners? Maybe because they don’t push to the front of the line.
