The Salon — Jewish women discuss! Hosted by Forward editor Jane Eisner, with Mediaite.com’s Rachel Sklar.
The first-ever television show about Jewish women’s issues, The Salon brings together women from across the spectrum of Jewish life for lively discussion about a range of topics affecting Jewish women.
If you’re thinking about it, we’re talking about it!
Watch Clips From The Latest Episode:
Episode 16. Jewish women discuss: gender segregation in Israel; “stuff” girls say viral videos; why American women are being left out of Jewish public life; Roe v. Wade 39 years later, and more! With Gaby Dunn, Nancy Kaufman, and Jennifer Mizrahi.
Episode 15. Occupy Judaism, the plight of agunot, could Steve Jobs be replaced by a woman, Herman Cain and sexual harassment, and more! With communications strategist Jo-Ann Mort, documentary filmmaker Beverly Siegel, and technology journalist Joanna Stern.
Episode 14: Jewish women discuss: the Leiby Kletzky tragedy, the “submissive” wife running for president, sexy magazine covers, Hadassah’s centennial year, and more! With Hadassah’s Marcie Natan, comedian Caroline Waxler, and Kveller.com’s Deborah Kolben.
Episode 13: The Anthony Weiner Twitter debacle; gay marriage in NY; Orthodox Jewish basketball star Naama Shafir; Facebook COO’s controversial Barnard commencement speech, and more! With Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, author/illustrator Ilene Beckerman, and journalist Michelle Goldberg.
Episode 12: Jewish women discuss: the Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Arnold Schwarzenegger sex scandals; removing women from pictures in ultra-Orthodox publications; lessons from Lara Logan; prom season, and more! With Mara Yacobi, Allison Josephs, and Judith Matloff.
Episode 11: Author Kay Hymowitz discusses her controversial new book, “Manning Up,” with philanthropist Barbara Dobkin and the Sisterhood’s Elissa Strauss. Also: why men dominate magazine bylines; is congress endangering women’s health, and the Mike Huckabee/Natalie Portman debate.
Episode 10: Remembering Debbie Friedman; coping with the Gabrielle Giffords shooting; the latest battle in the Mommy Wars; why having a Jewish Miss America matters, or doesn’t; and more! Featuring JOFA founder Blu Greenberg, author Lizzie Skurnick (“Shelf Discovery”), and TheGloss.com editor in chief Lilit Marcus.
Episode 09: Fighting the gender pay gap at Jewish organizations, Natalie Portman’s controversial role in “Black Swan,” Jewish women step into the boxing ring, and does a new modesty handbook go too far? Featuring author Rachel Shukert, Jewish boxing aficionado Binnie Klein, and Shifra Bronznick of Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community.
Episode 08: Jewish women discuss Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Tea Party, the controversy over same-sex marriage announcements in Jewish publications, $#*& our moms say, with guests: Jezebel.com reporter Irin Carmon, Moment Magazine editor & publisher Nadine Epstein, and JTS professor Dr. Carol Ingall.
Episode 07: Jewish women discuss High Holiday traditions, Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, Paul Rudd as bat mitzvah DJ, and controversies over women as lay leaders of Orthodox congregations. With guests Meredith Jacobs, Adena Berkowitz, and Galeet Dardashti.
Episode 06. Top Chef’s Gail Simmons gives her take on Elena Kagan’s supreme court nomination, how to talk about Israel, the French inquiry into banning the burqa, and more! Also featuring guests comedian Cory Kahaney and The Gloss.com editor-in-chief Lilit Marcus.
Episode 05: The woman at the center of the controversy over ordaining female Orthodox rabbis, Rabba Sara Hurwitz, joins the conversation, along with author Judith Shulevitz (“The Sabbath World”) and Foundation of Jewish Culture President & CEO Elise Bernhardt. Topics include: the RCA’s resolution on Orthodox women leaders, Bar & Bat mitzvah wars, the contemporary relevance of the Sabbath, and do full-figured but not fully-clothed women belong on a prime time television commercial?
Episode 04: Tovah Feldshuh joins our panel to talk about Passover traditions, whether the word “feminism” is losing its appeal, Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, and more! Also featuring Lilith magazine’s Editor in Chief, Susan Weidman Schneider, and Julie Klausner, author of I Don’t Care About Your Band.
Episode 03: The panel takes on Orthodox female rabbis, modesty as fashion trend, an atheist-feminist prayerbook, and more! Featuring JOFA’s Robin Bodner, award-winning novelist Dara Horn, and the always funny Ophira Eisenberg! You don’t want to miss this episode of The Salon!
Episode 02: Hadassah president Nancy Falchuk, comedian Judy Gold and filmmaker Lacey Schwartz join Jane and Rachel to discuss the return of Sarah Palin, recent controversies over breast cancer prevention, Israeli supermodels, and dolls made just for Jewish girls.
Episode 01: On this first episode of The Salon, Host Jane Eisner leads a panel of distinguished guests in the first-ever Jewish women’s issues discussion on television! Guests include American Jewish World Service president Ruth Messinger, Mediaite.com editor Rachel Sklar, journalist Lynn Harris, and AskMoses.com editor Bronya Shaffer.