Articles

The Repurposed PhD

Finding Life After Academia--and Not Feeling Bad About It

Originally published on November 3, 2013 in The New York Times

ON a recent Sunday afternoon, a monthly meeting convened around a long table in a Whole Foods cafeteria on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As people settled in, the organizer plopped down a bag of potato chips and tackled housekeeping matters, like soliciting contributions. But she did not insist.

A middle ground between hospital and home birth could save America lots of money. And yes, it's safe.

Originally published on July 5, 2013 in Salon

Almost two years ago, pregnant with my daughter, I paid my first visit to the Cambridge Birth Center.

Web sites seek to help women find friends

Originally published on July 15, 2012 in The New York Times

IN 2008, when Janis Kupferer moved to Denver for a job, she was 40 and single and knew no one in the area. When browsing Match.com, she recalled, she would sometimes click on other women’s profiles and think: “Some of these women sound really neat.

Originally published on November 23, 2011 in The New York Times

When my parents married in 1977, women’s liberation was in full swing and my mother was a consciousness-raiser. She was about as likely to take my father’s name as she was to sport a veil at the wedding. She would remain Ms. Tuhus.

Some professors and rabbis are concerned that liberal Judaism is becoming too female. Is this a real crisis?

Originally published on June 24, 2011 in Slate

In 2007, an organization called the Men of Reform Judaism published a Haggadah intended for men-only Passover Seders. It tweaked the familiar rituals.