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This is the week I received two articles about the women in various work situations. The first is very short, and certainly to the point. A single point. Maybe it will be helpful for some, but for society, it’s a dead end. The other piece is much more in depth, but nothing [...]

Can Misogynists Be Rehabilitated?  Art Day, MD and the Case of the Travelling Neurosurgeon
Assaulted by multiple communications about Art Day, MD, former chairman of neurosurgery at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and soon to be program director for neurosurgical residents in the South, I have to interrupt my blog series for this important announcement.  Yes, [...]

Jewish tradition is filled with many rituals (mitzvot) that continuously remind us of the world’s holiness. Most of these rituals create a special “time” for something that already happened, something to remember, or something to do. There are so many of these “mitzvot” (obligations or commandments) that I have often thought that were [...]

The Nichols School’s Response to Teaching Diversity
We have months, weeks and days set aside to honor, remember, educate and celebrate a whole host of causes, events, and extraordinary people. Oh, you know. Martin Luther King Day, Women’s History Month, Equal Pay Day (this year on April 20), and so on and so [...]

Almost a century ago, Henrietta Szold began a study group in NYC to promote the Zionist ideal through education and public health initiatives. I am sure she never could have imagined that more than 250,000 women worldwide would now make up a “network of dedicated volunteers, men and women of all faiths and nationalities, [...]