Moving Forward (Blogs 4 + 5)

I am going to learn what it means to live, specifically as a woman, in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
I will begin by reading various books that include real stories of real women that are either living or have lived in these communities. I want to learn how they approach difficulties such as abuse and sickness. They are known to keep things a secret and are forbidden to use words like "cancer". Do they wish these issues away or deal with them privately? If so, how do they tackle them? My mother, the Director of Operations at Sharsheret, an organization that helps Jewish women in their fight against breast cancer, has gone to some of the Ultra-Orthodox to teach them more about the disease. She began to explain to me how different their world is than ours in dealing with health matters and this fascinated me. I am looking forward to learning more from my mother and reading the materials that she has access to.
To learn more about the issues, I will interview Mrs. Knapp, a pyschologist, (Thanks Mrs. Wiener!) who works with Ultra-Orthodox women.
Mrs. Wiener suggested that I make a Wiki for my tangible project. I think this is a fabulous idea as I could display information in an organized fashion, which will then later translate to my paper. I will post videos, pictures, and articles on my Wiki and will connect this blog to my wiki as well.

That's the plan for now, anyway. Now how do I make that wiki?