Link Roundup

Everyday I encounter a number of interesting websites, articles, and blog posts that are definitely worth mentioning. I hope you find these as interesting as I do!

• Mazel tov to Judith Seidman and Linda Frum-Sokolowski, two Jewish women appointed to the Canadian Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. [The Canadian Jewish News]
• 'Nice Little Jewish Girls Gone Bad:' a new burlesque show challenges Jewish stereotypes. [South Bend Tribune]
• The Forward reviews Carol Leifer's When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror [The Forward]
• Meet Donna Party and Tina Flay: two Jewish women rockin' the roller derby scene. [Oy!Chicago]

Everyday I encounter a number of interesting websites, articles, and blog posts that are definitely worth mentioning. I hope you find these as interesting as I do!

• Six women, ages 79-100, became Bat Mitzvah in Charlotte, NC. Mazel Tov! [WCNC]
• In preparation for the High Holidays, Women's Lens gives you 'The Bluffer's Guide to Going to Shul.' [Women's Lens]
• "Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos" performed at the Out of Doors festival [The Forward]
• Russian language website for Jewish women launched [JTA]
• Memories of Molly Picon [The Forward]

Everyday I encounter a number of interesting websites, articles, and blog posts that are definitely worth mentioning. I hope you find these as interesting as I do!

• Feministe reviews Eve's Bible: A Woman's Guide to the Old Testament by Sarah F. Forth [Feministe]
• Lady Gaga makes an effort to "cover up" during her visit to Israel [Mixed Multitudes]
• Jewish plays at the NY Fringe Festival, including Libby Skala's A Time to Dance, and Melanie Zoey Weinstein's Sex in the Holy Land [Tablet]

Everyday I encounter a number of interesting websites, articles, and blog posts that are definitely worth mentioning. I hope you find these as interesting as I do!

• Audio interview with Joy Ladin, a poet and a professor of English at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, about her decision to transition genders, her relationship to God, and the reaction from her Orthodox students. [Tablet]
• Sharsheret, an organization offering free support services to young Jewish women living with (or at high risk for) breast cancer, will be expanding to provide for women with ovarian cancer and those predisposed to the disease. [The Sisterhood]
• Too Many Non-Profits?  Bob Goldfarb explains why the multitude is a good thing. [eJP]
• The New York Times featured Loretta Weinberg, the "feisty Jewish grandmother" running for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey we mentioned earlier. [The New York Times]

Everyday I encounter a number of interesting websites, articles, and blog posts that are definitely worth mentioning. I hope you find these as interesting as I do!

• Don't kiss the mezuzah!  You could be spreading swine flu! [JTA] 
• Orthodox women choosing natural childbirth [The Sisterhood]
• 'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane outs Stewie (the baby) as gay, and announces that this season Lois (the mother) will discover she is actually Jewish. [NYDailyNews] Will this be received better than the controversial "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" episode Fox refused to air in 2000?

A roundup of links you really wont want to miss.  (Baby Glutton?  Seriously?)

I've got a whole slew of links for you folks today.  Enjoy!

• The Pennsylvania attack is a hate crime against women [Feministing, WIMN's Voices, Feministe]
• The Promise Keepers are back, and this time they are recruiting Jews and women.  Need I say it? Oy. [ReligiousDispatches] 
• Women in Judaism - "It is our religious duty to dismantle patriarchy." [Mixed Multitudes]

In honor of Tu B'Av, here is a love and sexuality themed link roundup!

Everyday I encounter a number of interesting websites, articles, and blog posts that are definitely worth mentioning. I hope you find these as interesting as I do!

Everyday I encounter a number of interesting websites, articles, and blog posts that are definitely worth mentioning. I hope you find these as interesting as I do!