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From the archives: In praise of ‘knish,’ ‘shmundie,’ and other Yiddish slang for vagina
By Elissa Strauss | 7:00 AM Oct 20, 2009

This article was originally published in Tablet Magazine on July 28, 2009.
This is the story of a mystery that began ten years ago, when I drove up to the San Fernando Valley home of a new waxer I was trying out. Right there, in the garden in front of her house, was a small white ...

No Arrests in Tel Aviv Gay Center Attack

Was it homophobia?
By Marissa Brostoff | 1:00 PM Aug 3, 2009

Two days after the deadly attack at a Tel Aviv gay and lesbian center, in which a gunman killed two young people and wounded several more, police haven’t made any arrests, but Haaretz reports that they have a lead that suggests a personal feud, rather than anti-gay animus, was behind the violence. Still, an editorial ...