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)

Latest from Karen E H Skinazi

Cancer

Why I cried happy tears during October despite my new cancer news

A slither of good news from my doctor amid my long battle

3 min read

Why I cried happy tears during October despite my new cancer news

I’m celebrating my Barbie-style foobs

3 min read

Diverse group of friends discussing a book in library.

Reading list: Our pick of the best Jewish books over the last year

5 min read

Why I scaled a peak before my surgery for cancer

3 min read

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

3 min read

July 27, 2023 14:34

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Author Marie Kondo attends 2016 Time 100 Gala, Time's Most Influential People In The World red carpet at Jazz At Lincoln Center at the Times Warner Center on April 26, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Time)

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

3 min read

July 6, 2023 14:28

I feel blessed for all the thoughts which poured in after sharing my cancer news

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

3 min read

June 15, 2023 15:40

Cancer or not, I will certainly be at my boy's weddings

'My dad was a feminist without realising it'

He didn’t cook dinner or wash our clothes, but our father was adamant that my sister and I become educated professionals

3 min read

June 9, 2023 15:47

'My dad was a feminist without realising it'

A day of chaos in Mumbai

Our writer had limited time to see Mumbai, with all its wonderful sites... how did she fare?

7 min read

March 30, 2023 14:37

The Unorthodox lady doth reveal too much

Julia Haart’s eyecatching decolletage suggests she is still trying to prove she’s not religious

3 min read

December 22, 2022 15:47

My Unorthodox Life: Season 1. Episode 5, Secular in the City. Pictured: Julia Haart c. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021

Shalom, sensei — Yiddish Karate Kid

Cobra Kai has been created, like so many other streaming series in the last five years, to allow middle-aged parents to indulge in 1980s nostalgia with their teenage offspring

3 min read

October 26, 2022 08:41