Writing by Dr. Dannielle Blumenthal

In Judaism, marriage is not supposed to be a power struggle between men and women. That is why the word for man, ish, which has a yud, the Hebrew letter yud, and ishah has the Hebrew letter hei, and the yud and the hei are God’s name. We don’t believe that you can have a… — read more

Candace Owens and Adina Sash: Two Birds of a Feather By Dr. Dannielle BlumenthalFree to reuse with attribution. In the beginning, the antics of Adina Sash aka FlatbushGirl were playful and fun. Then things turned dark and deranged. Something has happened to her. The parallel of Candace Owens keeps coming up for a reason. Candace… — read more

10 words/phrases professional feminists use to intimidate other women and men from speaking naturally: I have a lot of real feminist friends and none of them ever talk like this. — read more

I thought I would talk about just one of my many timeline cleanses, which I tend to do when I’m migrating my blog, which gets pretty big. When I’m done with an issue, when an issue I have researched is so gross that it’s just grossing up my timeline. So it was 2016, some of… — read more

Every journalist who investigates a topic has to know when their work has come to an end. That time has arrived for me. I hope I have helped people to think more critically about a tough subject. In this case, an additional factor was the fiery institutional dynamics surrounding the issue. You have, Halacha, Batei… — read more

There’s a principle in Judaism that you should try to judge someone for the good. And in the defense of Adina Sash, AKA Flakbush Girl, I think the one thing you can say about her is that she has made an effort to promote the mitzvah of Lefne Iver low-titin Mirchol. This is in Vayikra,… — read more

In order to understand how severely Adeena Kohn is being exploited by her mother, Rivka Kohn, and Adina Sash, aka “FlatbushGirl,” you have to understand something called postpartum psychosis. This medical condition is temporary and highly treatable. “Postpartum” means it happens after giving birth. It is rare, affecting 1-2 mothers in every thousand. With proper… — read more

The two-decade legal and religious war between Lonna Ralbag and her ex-husband, Israel Meir (“Meir”) Kin, is usually served to the public as a tidy moral fable. It is such a strong social reality narrative that if you even dare to poke a finger at it, the formerly peaceful waters of the community turn dark… — read more

Did Rivka Kohn, mother of Adeena Kohn, manipulatively work to break up Adeena Kohn and Raphi Stein, in order to bring her grandchildren from Montreal to Monsey? Did she exploit her daughter’s vulnerable mental state postpartum to put that plan into action? Because if she did, then it is highly possible that Adeena never wanted… — read more

Recently the “agunah advocate” Adina Sash brought forward Lonna Kin as an example of a sad agunah case. Because so many people automatically believe Sash, they don’t realize Kin is anything but a victim. Please see the points below. Let me know if I got any of this wrong. Point #1. Meir Kin Gave the… — read more