Text Messages is a column sharing wisdom from the weekly Torah portion produced with The Jewish Week.Â
(JTA) â In the years following the reckonings with sexual harassment and assault prompted by the #MeToo movement, there has been debate over the correct communal response to those accused of sexual misconduct and whether perpetrators should be pushed to the edges of a community.Â
Questions of sin, quarantine and repentance are central to this weekâs Torah portion, Tazria-Metzora, prompted by the rules surrounding the metzora, a person afflicted with tzaarat. Sometimes translated as âleprosy,â tzaraat is a skin disease that, per the description in this weekâs portion, can also affect houses and clothing. After an inspection by a priest, a person who is found to have tzaraat must tear their clothes and leave the camp. They may not return until they are found to be pure by a second inspection, and must cry out âImpure! Impure!â as they walk
For #MeToo transgressors, the only cure is banishment A sign reads I Believe at a #MeToo gathering. (Getty Images)
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Text Messages is a column sharing wisdom from the weekly Torah portion produced with The Jewish Week.
(JTA) In the years following the reckonings with sexual harassment and assault prompted by the #MeToo movement, there has been debate over the correct communal response to those accused of sexual misconduct and whether perpetrators should be pushed to the edges of a community.
Questions of sin, quarantine and repentance are central to this week’s Torah portion, Tazria-Metzora, prompted by the rules surrounding the metzora, a person afflicted with tzaarat. Sometimes translated as “leprosy,” tzaraat is a skin disease that, per the description in this week’s portion, can also affect houses and clothing. After an inspection by a priest, a person who is found to have tzaraat must tear their clothes and leave the camp. They may
United States of America Vs. Silicon Valley | Opinion On 3/11/21 at 8:00 AM EST
Riots, rallies and a contested presidential election last year made it easy to miss the Justice Department s lawsuit against Facebook in December. Silicon Valley s crown social media network, Justice alleges, systematically discriminates against hiring qualified Americans in favor of foreign visa-holding workers.
Investigators found Facebook creates permanent positions open only to H-1B visa holders while employing deceptive tactics to deliberately avoid hiring Americans. These practices are an open secret in the industry, and the lawsuit sheds light on the systemic nature of the problem.
Here s how this scheme works. Employers are not required to prove they first sought qualified Americans for jobs they petition H-1B visa workers to fill, but the employment-based green card sponsorship process does. Because the H-1B is a dual-intent visa, an individual can simultaneously hold a tem
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Welcome to Storage Wars, a new series about the best ways to store, well, everything. From how to keep produce orderly in the fridge (or not), to ways to get your oddball nooks and crannies shipshape; and yes, how to organize all those unwieldy containers once and for all we ve got you covered.
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While organization is certainly not a new topic (the label maker was invented in 1935, after all), we ve seen an enormous interest in reaching Pinterest-level pantry perfection in recent years. This is partly thanks to wildly popular shows like Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, in which Kondo gently prods us into parting with things we no longer need, and Get Organized with The Home Edit, where Joanna and Clea bubble and b
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This story first appeared on Food52, an online community that gives you everything you need for a happier kitchen and home – that means tested recipes, a shop full of beautiful products, a cooking hotline, and everything in between!
Welcome to Storage Wars, a new series about the best ways to store, well, everything. From how to keep produce orderly in the fridge (or not), to ways to get your oddball nooks and crannies shipshape; and yes, how to organize all those unwieldy containers once and for all we ve got you covered.
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This past year, my fridge has been through tumultuous times, swinging between desert island-empty and world-is-ending-full. I ve used the lean times to clean it out: wiping down shelves, removing expired foods, and airing it out (an open packet of baking soda really does wonders for odors!). But then, in the blink of a blizzard, it d be full again.