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Questions Without Answers

Posted on 07/18/2011 by Gila Rose in News & Updates

The news from Brooklyn last week was nightmarish. When I first saw that an almost nine-year-old boy from Borough Park never showed up to meet his mother after camp, I worried along with everyone else. But I...

"That's Not How I Raised You!"

Posted on 07/11/2011 by Gila Rose in News & Updates

A story I came across in one of the online papers in Israel told the tale of a rabbi who permitted a young woman to injure her legs as an excuse to dress modestly, since her parents forbid her to wear long...

Sex Talk

Posted on 07/04/2011 by Gila Rose in Beliefs and Practices

I came across a blog recently in which a woman was discussing her very personal struggle with a condition that makes sexual intercourse extremely painful. The blog was anonymous, which may not come as a...

Why Anthony Weiner Gives Me Guilt

Posted on 06/27/2011 by Gila Rose in News & Updates

Well, Weinergate is behind us. Hmmm? What was that? You just crawled out from under a rock? And the rock had no Internet access? Well, then, a quick recap: Inappropriate pictures were sent out from New York...

Shoulders to Stand On

Posted on 06/23/2011 by Gila Rose in News & Updates

Recently, there has been a big to-do about shoulders. Naama Shafir’s shoulders, that is. Naama is the Orthodox Israeli basketball superstar who has been making headlines for her refusal to play in a...

L'Chaim! Thoughts on the Whisky Boycott

Posted on 06/20/2011 by Gila Rose in News & Updates

So here I am, sitting in my home office and staring at a bottle of Glenlivet. This is not because I wish to drink on the job. On the contrary, I drink more than a little wine with dinner and I wake up with a...

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