Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

March 10, 2015 Introducing 'Pulpit Plus One' BY JULIE SUGAR Introducing ‘Pulpit Plus One: The Secret Lives of Rabbis’ Husbands, Partners, and Wives,’ an honest and lively series of interviews examining the nuances of a complex role. 'Present and Plesant' BY JULIE SUGAR ‘Pulpit Plus One’ interviews Dana, the wife of a rabbi in a seven-hundred-family Conservative synagogue, on growing up Reform, Shabbat hosting expectations and the term ‘rebbetzin.’ Bibi the 'Mansplainer' BY RON KAMPEAS Was Benjamin Netanyahu at his condescending worst during his speech? Some women heard a ‘mansplainer’ when he talked down to Americans — and put down other cultures. A Woman's Place BY TIKI KRAKOWSKI Although the rabbinate refuses to hire her, Hemda Shalom is one of two women serving as a mashgiach, for a private, alternative kashrut organization in Jerusalem. Tallying Inequality BY HANNAH RUBIN When artist Micol Hebron began counting the numbers of male and female artists on the rosters of galleries she found a staggering imbalance. So she set out to change it. WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT Ruth Bader Ginsberg Is So Cool, She Got Her Own Lego Figure Bette Midler Sings Kim Kardashian Haredi Parties Embrace Taboos for Campaign Ads Why Is Religious Pluralism Not Issue in Israel Vote? Behind the Scenes With The New Yorker's Fiction Maven Breaking News Shmuley Boteach Sorry for Susan Rice 'Genocide' Slur New York Delays Deal on Circumcision Rite J Street Hits Back at Hillel Chief Over Pull-Out Canada Lawmaker Cites Holocaust in Hate Speech Debate