Phyllis Chesler

Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D, is an Emerita Professor of Psychology and Womens' Studies, the author of thousands of articles and thirteen books including Women and Madness, Woman's Inhumanity to Woman, and Women of the Wall. Claiming Sacred Ground at Judaism's Holy Site. She may be reached through her website or through her blogsite: Chesler Chronicles at Pajamas Media.

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Jewish Students Bullied and Threatened at York University

On February 11, 2009, aggression against Jewish students at York University in Toronto reached new…

The Selfishness of “Pick-and-Mix” Feminism

In a recent article in the Times of London, "The New Feminists: Lipstick and Pageants,"…

Madoff the Jew: The Media’s Hypocritical Obsession With the Fraudster’s Faith

Most Jews do not recognize themselves in what Madoff did; they still expect to be…

A Dvar on Vayishlach

Phyllis Chesler prepared this D’var Torah for the Yavne Minyan, an Orthodox, egalitarian minyan which…

The Women of the Wall, Twenty Years On

Twenty years ago today, on December 1, 1988, for the first time in history, 70…

Mr. President: Mind the Gender Gap

The people are talking about it on television and in newspapers and magazines. Of course,…

It’s the Agenda, Not the Gender

The lines are way too long where I have to vote. Here’s what I’m thinking…

Sarah and the Feminists

The Culture and Media Institute has just released a study entitled Character Assassination: How the…