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Love Gilda Because I wasn t a perfect example of my gender, Gilda Radner says in her biography,
Love, Gilda, I decided to be funny about what I didn t have, instead of worrying about it. One of Saturday Night Live s original and most beloved cast members, Radner died from ovarian cancer in 1989, at just 42.
Israel s Haredi women deserve a seat at the table
Opinion: Despite being better educated and more qualified than many of their American sisters, female ultra-Orthodox Israelis remain marginalized and ignored by the men in their sector who hold political power and deny them a voice
Esti Shoshan |
Published: 02.27.21 , 18:19
The appointment of an American Haredi woman as Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology in the Biden administration made the news on an ultra-Orthodox website in January.
Anne (Chani) Neuberger who grew up in a Hassidic home in Brooklyn was even praised in the report.
This itself is groundbreaking, regardless of the outrageous slew of condemnatory talkbacks that criticized everything including the length of her skirt, her direct gaze and the fact that she was sitting in meetings with men.