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Pushing the Envelope Too Far

JL;DR SUMMARY The article discusses the complex issue of women's representation in Orthodox Jewish publications, focusing on a specific instance involving the Orthodox Union's (OU) magazine, Torah Tidbits. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Orthodox JudaismOrthodox UnionIdentity PoliticsHaredi CommunityAffirmative ActionGender EqualityWomen's RepresentationTorah PublicationsDiversity DebatesContent Quality

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Israel
"Which is widely distributed in Israel."
New York, United States
"OU in NY explained to us that they were aiming for 30% of the columns to be written by women."

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