Karen E H Skinazi
Dr Karen Skinazi is Associate Professor of Literature and Culture at the University of Bristol. Her most recent book is Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters, Crime Writers, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture (Rutgers University Press, 2018)
‘I feel self-conscious about my post-masectomy body, but no one raised an eyebrow’
How I broadened my horizons by going ‘textile free’ in a German bath house
My mother insists that I’m hot
Has the woman who brought me into the world really forgotten about my breast cancer and early menopause?
Why I’d rather tough it out than take painkillers
After visiting Ottawa and seeing the opioid crisis up close, I’m more anti-pills than ever
Why we need a month dedicated to Britain’s Jewry
It’s of course good that the government supports our security but there is more to Jewish life
My reminder that life is not a rehearsal
Women mentors backed off until I got the big C
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Dreaming of retirement in the Shtetl-by-the-Sea
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100 days since October 7: I just wish this ‘match’ would end
In Birmingham and Miami, Karen E H Skinazi’s experience is very different – or is it?
How I turned to blue-sky thinking
As I lie under the radiation machine and look up at its blue and white tiles, I have a lot of time to think, says Karen Skinazi
Why I cried happy tears during October despite my new cancer news
A slither of good news from my doctor amid my long battle
I’m celebrating my Barbie-style foobs
To quote a fellow breast cancer buddy who’s ahead of me on this journey, sit as high and round as those on a Barbie doll
Reading list: Our pick of the best Jewish books over the last year
The new year is upon us but have you read the best of 5783?
Why I scaled a peak before my surgery for cancer
Before my forthcoming operation my husband Elliot had a last pre-surgery hurrah
I’m decluttering for peace of mind
I get Marie Kondo’s way of thinking: hold on to what makes you happy and when you let go of things were once meaningful, honour them
I feel blessed for all the thoughts which poured in after sharing my cancer news
Thoughts and prayers poured into my inbox when I shared I had breast cancer - and they make me feel very blessed
Cancer or not, I will certainly be at my boy's weddings
Karen Skinazi is determined that nothing will stop her from dancing at her boys’ weddings
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