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Jun 25, 2018, 4:02 PM
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Sex segregation: A damaging phenomenon that is getting worse
Illustrative: A public bus in Israel. Forced segregation on a bus in Beit Shemesh led to a NIS 13,000 fine in July 2012. (Yossi Zamir/ Flash90)
What happens when the public hides women, whether on an El Al plane or in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square
Apr 10, 2018, 6:34 PM
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The ruined Jewish women of Religious Zionism
Rabbi Eli Sadan leads a Torah lesson at the Bnei David pre-army academy in the Eli settlement on February 28, 2018. (Screen capture/YouTube)
Some influential Religious Zionist rabbis claim women who work are damaged goods; I know they're wrong
Feb 27, 2018, 8:44 PM
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Time for the community to man up
Meme by Chochmat Nashim, for Agunah Day. (Courtesy, Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll)
Here's how to handle Jewish divorce law: encourage friends and family to sign pre- and postnups
Jan 8, 2018, 11:13 PM
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We are not the same people anymore
Police stand guard as Beit Shemesh municipal workers take down "modesty" signs in the city on December 11, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
That moment when an ultra-Orthodox teenager looked at me in a way that clearly said I was not a Jew like she is
Dec 28, 2017, 3:33 PM
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Who needs rabbinic leadership? A call for Orthodox organizations to heed the voices of the women they cannot see
Advertisement for women's clothes, with only men pictured. (Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll)
Orthodox magazines stopped printing images of women and girls; it's time for the rabbis to tell them they're wrong
Aug 20, 2017, 4:34 PM
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They never threw pennies at me, but…
The old ugly anti-Semitism joins self-righteous anti-Zionism to crowd out humanity, nuance, and, of course, Jews
Jul 11, 2017, 5:16 PM
Breast cancer behind the mechitza
Regarding the article thing about woman and breast cancer, that’s a sobering statistic. Of course it has nothing to do with what I wrote. In his Mishpacha article, Sruli Besser reflects on his experience on “the other side of...
Jun 11, 2017, 3:38 PM
What Wonder Woman means to this Orthodox Jewish woman
Wonder Woman has descended upon the world and has brought with it some rather unexpected effects. I admit that I am shocked to find myself so moved, so affected, and having such difficulty expressing why that is. But it seems...
May 29, 2017, 1:24 PM
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The brave convert
She's not sure she’d join the Jewish people if she faced the (sometimes concocted) hurdles that converts do
Apr 26, 2017, 7:20 AM
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Haredi extremism: Alive and growing
It is the moral and religious obligation of all people to stand against outrage -- yes, every single time
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About Me
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll is a writer and an activist. Cofounder of chochmatnashim.org She loves her people enough to call out the nonsense. See her work at skjaskoll.com