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)
Top shows for the ten days
Karen E H Skinazi picks her favourite screen depictions of the High Holy Days
Help! The evil weevils have taken over my house!
Karen Skinazi was having a great summer. Then an ominous text arrived from her cleaner
A Jewish pizza from Rome? I need a slice of that
On a study tour of Rome, Karen Skinazi discovers a delicacy from a bakery in the ghetto
Finally Jasper gets his barmitzvah party - at fifteen
Karen Skinazi sent out ‘save the dates’ for her son's big day three years running
The Charedi feminist icon who seems to be defending a rapist
Rama Burshtein-Shai's Fir Dance has created a huge storm in Israel
Leaving Marseille made me sad
When we decided to spend Pesach there, we hadn't realised quite how Jewish it is
Instead of planning a Seder, I planned an iftar
Last week, four women - two Jewish, two Muslim –inspired by the war in Ukraine, decided to host a charity dinner. It took the form of an iftar. Here they talk about their experience.
Writing is a solitary endeavour - but the Emerging Writers’ Programme is like filling your room with friends
When I sent in my application, I thought: I am an academic. My destiny is to write obscure articles that have a readership of 10, max.
Women of Valor: The Israeli ‘Suffragettes’ of the Twenty-first Century
Some Charedi women believe that they are completing the work of the original suffragettes
The ambiguous Jews of The Morning Show
Its main character channels The Merchant of Venice
Our irrational worries are also entirely rational
The burden of Jews in the modern world is to worry even when we don't need to
Some equality training is more unequal than others - especially for Jews
At my university, our training provider suggested discriminating against observant Jews
Miami in winter — a glitzy Gan Eden
“Another day in Paradise,” my mother says every time she steps out onto her balcony to sip her morning coffee.
The return of the in-person conference: the Association for Jewish Studies during the pandemic
There are benefits to online meetings but nothing comes close to meeting in person
Israel’s latest drama has a ‘Sephardiface’ issue
The head of a Sephardi dynasty is played by Ashkenazi star Michael Aloni. Does it matter?
Why am I not sad about the end of Chanukah?
I felt slightly sad at my lack of remorse for the end of the holiday
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