Emma Breitman

Emma Breitman stands smiling in front of green foliage. She has reddish brown hair and is wearing an olive green shirt.

Emma Breitman (she/her) is the Editor of JWA's online publication. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado and attended CU Boulder, where she majored in Women and Gender Studies with minors in Ethnic Studies, Spanish and a certificate in LGBT Studies. Emma is very passionate about how media shapes our understanding of race, class, gender and sexuality. Her work has been published in Teen Vogue, The Boston Art Review, Cambridge Day, and Hey Alma, among others. 

Blog Posts

Headshot of Sian Shine

7 Questions for Tattoo Artist, Sian Shine

Emma Breitman

JWA chats with British tattoo artist, Sian Shine, about the taboo art form, their Jewish influences, and their artistic process.

"Spellbook for the Sabbath Queen" by Elisheva Fox

7 Questions For Elisheva Fox

Emma Breitman

JWA sat down with Texas-based poet Elisheva Fox to discuss Spellbook for the Sabbath Queen, her first collection of poems.

Anne Vetter Headshot

7 Questions for Anne Vetter

Emma Breitman

JWA sat down with photographer Anne Vetter, a queer, non-binary Jew whose work explores play, family systems, performance, and the fluidity of identity.

May Ye Headshot

7 Questions for May Ye

Emma Breitman

JWA sat down with Chinese-American activist and rabbi, May Ye. 

Sarah Edelstein

7 Questions for Sarah Day Arts

Emma Breitman

JWA sat down with Sarah Edelstein, Jewish illustrator and founder of Sarah Day Arts. 

Hani Portner standing outside holding pruning shears

7 Questions for Hani Portner

Emma Breitman

JWA sat down with Hani Portner, a multidisciplinary queer trans Jewish disabled artist working in Berlin Germany. 

Dafna at Mission Ballroom

7 Questions For Dafna

Emma Breitman

Our 7 Questions series features Jewish singer/songwriter and producer, Dafna. 

Rachel Wax

7 Questions for Rachel Wax

Emma Breitman

Our 7 Questions series features Jewish magician, Rachel Wax.

Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies

Q&A with Sarah Silberstein Swartz, Author of "Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust"

Emma Breitman

JWA sat down with Sarah to discuss her new book, Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust and the importance of continued Holocaust education.

Topics: Holocaust, Feminism
A group of people in three rows in front of a bookstore.

Interview with Stella Levy, The Only Woman at City Lights Bookstore

Emma Breitman

JWA talks with Stella Levy about her appearance in an iconic photo from the 1960s, and how things have changed for women in the literary world since then. 

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Emma Breitman." (Viewed on September 15, 2025) <https://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/breitman-emma>.