Karen H. Skinazi Karen H. Skinazi, PhD, is a senior lecturer and Director of Liberal Arts at the University of Bristol in the UK. She is author of "Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters, Crime Writers, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture" (Rutgers University Press, 2018). Recent Stories Feb 18, 2022 ‘Shababnikim’ offers a fresh, funny picture of Israeli Orthodox life