It doesn’t have to be high and goodbye
I had never smoked marijuana before and didn’t want to stand out, so I took a hit. I’ve never been a smoker and started coughing my lungs out, but others were coughing, too, and no one was staring at me. I had heard that people don’t get high the first time they smoke and wasn’t too concerned about being stoned. In fact, I’ve always been curious.
Woman relives her rape onstage in candid show
Janice Arnold looks at Adina Katz’s one-woman show Be a Good Girl, in which Katz candidly and openly talks about her rape.
Horowitz: Protecting abusers in the #MeToo era
“The angry displays at the recent confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and the charged comments of President Donald Trump, raise questions that tear at the very foundations of a just society.”
Horowitz: Add women and stir the pot
In the 21st century, many of my colleagues and students catch the threads of the old debate, asking how the values and control of influential men – and, especially, their ideas about women – have shaped the way we think about Jewish community and values. It is a call to re-evaluate their research, analyses and conclusions, to determine whether and how their guidance has been compromised by what we now know about their personal attitudes toward women.
Toronto Fringe show invites audiences into the “man cave”
Special to the CJN, Jordan Adler speaks with Toronto stage director, teacher and performer Tracey Erin Smith about her groundbreaking new Fringe show, We the Men.
Jewish community examines harassment and inequality in the #MeToo era
It’s time for the Jewish community to examine issues such as workplace harassment, gender discrimination and the wage gap between men and women, says Rabbi Stephen Wise, spiritual leader at Shaarei-Beth El Congregation in Oakville, Ont.
Women should trust their gut instincts
Dear Ella, It’s about time women started speaking up against sexual abuse. I only wish the power of the #MeToo movement was around when this happened to me. The parties were ongoing for months, and eventually we got down to the last full week of eating and drinking at the palace. I was hosting my […]
Rabbi to Rabbi: Be a mensch, seek consent
Despite Judaism’s legal tradition, the court system has proven insufficient in vindicating women’s voices. But how much, if any, blame should be ascribed to a culture of casual sex?
