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TheJewishWoman.org Update: May 4, 2008

 Jewish Women You Should Know
Robin Schneiderman — A Teacher for Life

"If it was raining outside, she taught the kids about weather and rain. She taught them about the world around them..."
 Mikvah
Returning to What We Ran From — My Spiritual Voyage to Mikvah

I stood in my fluffy terry robe and toss-away slippers, waiting. I looked at myself in the mirror and thought, "What's a nice Reform girl doing in a place like this?"
 Editorial & Commentary
What's the Rush?

I see little children dressed up like adults, and made to sit quiet for way too long. I watch people risk their lives by walking against a red light to save a whole minute. And I ask myself, "Where are we rushing to?"
 Inner & Outer Beauty
Do Women Have Something to Hide?

Why does Judaism tell women to keep their bodies covered? Is there something shameful or evil about a woman's body?
 Our Lives
Two Operations

Was she also here to remove some part of her reproductive organs? I very much hoped not. She was young and single. She hadn't yet found her partner with whom she wanted to share a life with...
 Other Tips & Ideas
Red, White, and Green — Helping the Environment

If we don't take care of our world, our planet, our earth, who's going to? Are we going to leave it for our children and grandchildren? The who is you, the where is right where you live, the what is very do-able, and the when is now...
 Young Women Write
The Knuckle Cracker

As he sat absentmindedly cracking his knuckles in between turning the pages of his newspaper, I resigned myself to yet another tedious journey with an aggravating, crackling noise throughout...

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May 4, 2008

Dear Rachel
My forty-year-old husband has cancer that is "always deadly" and according to our doctors, there is neither a cure nor hope for any future. While he has battled it for twenty months now and our rabbi always tells us that we should never give up, I do not know where to find the hope...
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