Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll, Author at Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

April 10, 2016 1:30 pm·

You Can’t Run from a Stabber in Heels

Last night, as I sat at my computer, trying to work but mostly crying, the news kept pouring in. Dead. Injured. Neutralized. The same refrain…

March 24, 2016 7:00 am·

Profaning the Mikve Our Sacred Space

Originally printed in The Jerusalem Post, In Jerusalem, March 25, 2016 For as long as the mitzvah of Taharat Hamishpacha has been practiced, it has…

March 5, 2016 7:50 pm·

The Women Uncovering our Past

Typically, when one thinks of an archeologist, the image of a man, sweaty from his labor digging through dirt, sand and caves for treasure and…

March 3, 2016 9:11 pm·

The Women Bringing Down Orthodoxy

For the first time in years, I’m free of a war that I’ve waged for someone else. A war that never subsided, that always was…

March 1, 2016 7:53 am·

What’s fine for your kid might be lethal for hers

I don’t care what you feed your kids. OK, I do, but Im not going to preach to you about it. I don’t care if…

January 1, 2016 7:04 am·

Charedi women are dying of breast cancer. Why & what can we do about it?

Originally published in the In Jerusalem section of The Jerusalem Post January 1, 2016 A 48-year-old woman goes to see a breast surgeon. She has…

December 15, 2015 8:43 am·

A battle won after many years

If you’re reading this, chances are that you know I advocate for agunot. What you may or may not know is that there is one…

December 12, 2015 4:41 pm·

How Secular Courts are Doing What Religious Ones Won’t for Agunot

It seems that most of what we hear today regarding agunot is what cannot be done. From heads of yeshivot to the regular person on…

December 1, 2015 8:39 pm·

I am a woman. And I am a Jew.

I am a woman. And I am a Jew. These are the only two things I can say about myself that have always been true.…

December 1, 2015 8:31 pm·

Stop Being So American

Standing at the checkout counter watching the young woman struggle to scan my 18 pound turkey, my coat still wet from day three of torrential…

December 1, 2015 4:15 pm·

Congratulations World

Congratulations Palestine Your 5-year-olds are taught to aspire to blow themselves to pieces while killing Jews. Your 9-year-olds throw rocks, shattering glass on babies…

November 6, 2015 6:57 am·

A day in the life – in a volatile reality

Since the stabbings and ramming attacks have begun in earnest, the average Israeli has become…more. More alert, more suspicious, and more fearful. But also, more…