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When Women Commit Honor Killings

Female-on-female violence has been minimized because male-on-female violence is far more visible, dramatic, and epidemic. However, women sometimes kill infants, spouses, and adult strangers, including other women. Indeed, as this study shows, women play

Dukhtar: Award-Winning Film Highlights Struggle of Pakistani Women

In the wild, wild East, in the tribal "badlands" between Pakistan and Muslim India, few girls or women willingly risk being honor killed for refusing an arranged marriage or for wanting to leave an exceptionally violent husband. Women do not usually run

Fiamma Nirenstein's Appointment is Good for Italy, not just Israel

Now, more than ever, Israel needs a strong voice to represent its interests abroad. Who on earth could possibly be better as Israel's next Ambassador to Italy than Fiamma Nirenstein? She is beyond perfect. Some would have us think otherwise. Do not

A Rosh Hashanah Greeting

Dearest Friends and Family: All too swiftly, summer has come to an end--and suddenly, or so it seems, the Jewish holidays are upon us. Time itself, or our perception of it, has speeded up. We rush from season to season. The year 2015-2016 is the Roman

How (not) to be a Politically Correct Feminist

Invariably, almost without exception, when I speak about any subject, not necessarily about Israel, or Islam, or about Iran--always, always, my reputation precedes me. Once left-liberals "hear" the word Israel, even if only uttered once, they will focus

Obama's Doomsday Machine

The game was over the minute Americans elected President Obama for the second time. He then knew that he could implement, quite autocratically, despotically, some might even say, traitorouslyhis own personal foreign policy which consists of weakening

The Situation

The game was over the minute Americans elected President Obama for the second time. He then knew that he could implement, quite autocratically, despotically, some might even say, traitorouslyhis own personal foreign policy which consists of weakening

What Kind of Feminist Future Does ISIS Have In Mind?

I want to thank East Hampton's East End Women's Alliance for honoring my lifetime of feminist work. That work spans nearly half a century. In this time, a visionary feminism managed to seriously challenge, if not transform, world consciousness. Like many

The Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble

Two thousand people took to the streets against the Iran deal. One of the organizers publically claimed that the "police estimated a crowd of "7,000 people." They came early, they stayed lateand as I file this story, they are still there. Theyare

Iranians, Israel-Haters Dominate Pro-Nuke Deal 'Experts' Letter

The National Iranian American Council organized the letter signed by seventy-three "international scholars" who favor the treatyno, the dealno, the deal with secret asidesno, the run-around Congressno, President Obama's cynical fait