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Article 6
According to numerous studies, eating disorders are an increasing problem among Orthodox Jewish women. The main problem seems to be that discussing them is taboo. However—believe it or not—religious...
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Article 5
• Prime Minister Netanyahu is considering the IDF’s withdrawal from the West Bank (though not the settlements’ evacuation) as one of several possible preemptive moves in advance of the Palestinians’...
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Leah Caras Created Yaldah, A Magazine for Orthodox Girls
When Leah Caras was growing up, she pored over the pages of American Girl, a magazine beloved by parents for preserving an image of girlhood free from crass hypersexualization. For Caras, though, the...
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One Young Woman’s Heart-Stopping Story Sheds Light on Anorexia in the...
By the time Chaya was accepted into an eating-disorder treatment program in 2007, she weighed 52 pounds. Too weak to walk, she was carried in. Her hair and teeth had fallen out, and her pulse was a...
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Girls Are Solving Body Image Issues—With the Help of Jewish Tradition
On a recent Sunday evening in Los Angeles, five eighth-grade girls lounged in armchairs or sat on the floor, talking with a rabbi about their bodies. “When you’re looking in a mirror, what’s the number...
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Finding Acceptance as an Orthodox Teenage Girl—Among Non-Jews
When I was finally admitted to the hospital in 2002 to be treated for anorexia, I was anxious. I suspected that over the next three months, I would be poked and prodded by various doctors, undergo...
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An Orthodox Woman’s Struggle With Anorexia
My adolescent quest for glamour and a more self-determined life began with a simple diet and ended with my cheek pressed to the cold concrete of my basement floor surrounded by pools of vomit, a direct...
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