Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler Headshot

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler works in reproductive justice and earned her MA in Folklore in 2021. She's interested in the politics of secular Jewish identity in the United States, abortion rights and accessibility, labor organizing, and the demilitarization of the border. You can find her writing (both academic and personal) at justineorlovskyschnitzler.squarespace.com. She's also on Twitter @justineodashs.

Blog Posts

Vigil for Ruth Bader Ginsburg outside the Supreme Court, September 2020 CROP

How Do You Mourn an Icon like RBG?

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

The timing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has meant, from a pacing standpoint, that we haven’t had much time for thoughtful, nuanced reflection.

Topics: Law
Bride and groom lifted in chairs at their wedding

Getting Married during a Pandemic: Interview with 'A Practical Wedding' Founder, Meg Keene

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

We talk to Meg Keene, owner of 'A Practical Wedding,' about how the pandemic is changing the culture of getting married.

Topics: Marriage
Emma Goldman in Union Square, 1912

Voting Isn't Enough: A Look Back at Emma Goldman's Radical Anti-suffrage

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Is voting the be-all and end-all of civic engagement? Emma Goldman didn't think so.

Screen capture from Unorthodox

Is "Unorthodox" Good for the Jews?

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

For Jews, representation onscreen is complicated. Does Unorthodox succeed?

How Yiddish Changed America cover cropped

What's Yiddish Got to Do with It?

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambart’s new anthology, How Yiddish Changed America, and America Changed Yiddish, is the perfect text to help you test the waters of Yiddishkeit. 

Eli Wiesel Banner at the Jewish History Museum in Tucson

Jewish Diaspora in the Borderlands: An Interview with the Tucson Jewish History Museum

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

We talk to Josie Shapiro about the Tucson Jewish Museums's role in advocating for immigrant justice in Arizona and creating queer-affirming, feminist Jewish space.

Mrs. Maisel Season 3

Review: "Mrs. Maisel" Season 3

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

How does season three of Mrs. Maisel stack up?

Topics: Television, Comedy
Black and white cookies

Black and White: The Perfect Cookie

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Sure you've had black and white cookies, but have you made them?

Topics: Food Writing
Jewish Partisans in Poland

Zog Nit Keynmol: The Songs of Jewish Partisans

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Jewish partisans are far more compelling than any revenge fantasy cooked up by Quentin Tarantino because they were real.

Susan Sontag Mural

A Visit to the Tucson Jewish History Museum

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Visiting a Holocaust Museum as a Jew can be meaningful, painful, and sometimes, exposing.

Topics: Jewish History

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler." (Viewed on April 19, 2024) <http://jwa.org/blog/author/justine-orlovsky-schnitzler>.