How do we work together? For if we want liberation for women, then we're committed to building a society in which these… — Irena Klepfisz Aspiration Copy Share Image
...I've stopped wanting to do any work at all. All work is bullshit. Everyone knows that. No matter how many telephones and… — Irena Klepfisz Bullshit Copy Share Image
“& they kind of probe about your future & if you have a will or why you bother to accumulate all that… — Irena Klepfisz Old age Copy Share Image
What we grieve for is not the loss of a grand vision, but rather the loss of common things, events and gestures....… — Irena Klepfisz Abstract Copy Share Image
Poland remains undzer heym, our home, no matter how bitter the memories, how filled with disappointment and betrayal. Amerike iz goles, America… — Irena Klepfisz America Copy Share Image
...I am an outsider, a lesbian, a shikse. The Jewish community is not my community. But as a Jew--as a Jew in… — Irena Klepfisz Allies Copy Share Image
...Jews must learn to say without excuse, without equivocation: despite our history and our powerlessnessin the past, despite all the injustices that… — Irena Klepfisz Judaism Copy Share Image
To most middle-class feminists, as to most middle-class non-feminists, working-class women remain mysterious creatures to be “reached out to” in some abstract… — Irena Klepfisz Abstract Copy Share Image
“I numb myself and begin the body check skimming quickly unwilling to be caught in strangers' tragedies, only looking directly at those… — Irena Klepfisz Copy Share Image
Most Jewish feminists and gays that I know remain angry and frustrated by Jewish progressives. Deeply committed to progressive causes, frequently in… — Irena Klepfisz Action Copy Share Image
...Iknow the bitter fact that most lives are incredibly wasted, that opportunities for developing identity, for receiving pleasure, for achieving a sense… — Irena Klepfisz Achieve Copy Share Image
The aspirations of most people--security, pleasure, leisure, meaningful work, creative and intellectual pursuits--are to be supported. These desires and dreams are not… — Irena Klepfisz Aspiration Copy Share Image
...Jews must learn to say without excuse, without equivocation: despite our history and our powerlessness in the past, despite allthe injustices that… — Irena Klepfisz Despite Copy Share Image
I have never heard of a tradition among Jews that encourages us to support each others' differences. Quite the contrary. What I've… — Irena Klepfisz Bitter Copy Share Image
