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Ruth Wisse Receives National Humanities Medal

Ruth R. Wisse

As a scholar and a literary and social critic, Ruth R. Wisse is a unique figure in American Jewish letters. She bridges the worlds of Yiddish and American culture, of literature and politics, and of Israel and the diaspora. In 2000, she won the National Jewish Book Award for The Modern Jewish Canon.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/wisse-ruth-r

Anna Jacobson Schwartz

Anna Jacobson Schwartz was credited as one of the world’s greatest monetary scholars for her work at the National Bureau of Economic Research and her incisive scholarship on economic history. She was an educator at various institutions as well as a highly published and awarded researcher. Schwartz received numerous honorary degrees and has held leadership roles in several organizations, including the International Atlantic Economic Society.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/schwartz-anna-jacobson

Carol Weiss King

Carol Weiss King was one of the outstanding practitioners of immigration law during the period bounded by the Palmer Raids and the McCarthy era. In her thirty-year career, she represented hundreds of foreign-born radicals threatened with deportation in administrative proceedings in the lower courts and in the Supreme Court.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/king-carol-weiss

Peggy Guggenheim

Peggy Guggenheim amassed one of Italy’s most important modern art collections, displaying works artists such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Fernand Léger, Max Ernst, and Jackson Pollock in her galleries in London and New York, as well as at her famous palazzo in Venice, which was later turned into a museum.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/guggenheim-peggy

Dorothy Lerner Gordon

Dorothy Lerner Gordon—musician, broadcaster, author—dedicated her talents to the entertainment and education of children and young people. Throughout her career, she created radio programming to give children access to literature, music, and current events.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/gordon-dorothy-lerner

Poland: Interwar

A minority habitually ignored by scholars, Polish-Jewish women played important roles in the changing cultural and political framework of the interwar years.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/poland-interwar

Evelyn Fox Keller

Evelyn Fox Keller’s work in gender, biology, and the history of science led her to question the gendered metaphors and assumptions of biologists and sociologists, which often blinded them to basic scientific facts.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/keller-evelyn-fox

Esther Broner Seder with Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Martha Ackelsberg

October 29, 2013

Esther Broner: A Weave of Women

Jordyn Rozensky

Esther Broner, or E.M. as she was known, was a Jewish feminist, prolific author, professor, and pioneer of the feminist movement. Known for re-imagining traditional Jewish customs and rituals, she co-wrote The Women’s Haggadah, which encouraged women to devise their own version of traditional rituals.

Topics: Feminism, Passover, Film, Ritual

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/esther-broner-weave-of-women

November 18, 2011

Together, we are making change

Gail Reimer

Change is definitely in the air, and it is filling me with hope.

Topics: Spirituality and Religious Life

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/together-we-are-making-change

May 13, 2011

Shabbat at Planned Parenthood

Chanel Dubofsky

The people awake at 7:15 a.m., when I left the house this past Saturday morning, were walking their dogs, washing off the streets in front of their stores and picking up a bite to eat.

Topics: Reproductive Rights, Volunteers, Organizations and Institutions, Prayer, Spirituality and Religious Life

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/shabbat-at-planned-parenthood

July 28, 2010

Blogging the Institute: The Freedom Riders

Gwen

Monday night as part of the JWA Summer Institute for Educators, we saw a sneak preview of a newly made documentary, The Freedom Riders, which tells the story of the group of black and white young people, who rode south on two buses to deliberately break the segregation laws.

Topics: Civil Rights, Education

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/institute-freedom-riders

November 25, 2009

You can tell their story

Leah Berkenwald

Friday is StoryCorps' National Day of Listening. Since you can order your Making Trouble DVDs conveniently online at www.makingtrouble.com, there is no need to go shopping on Black Friday. Instead, join Storycorps and sit down with a loved one and record their story. Ellen wrote about the National Day of Listening last year, and explained why the tradition of listening is so important to Jews, especially in the context of Thanksgiving, a holiday important to many Americans with immigration histories.

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/you-can-tell-their-story

2018-2019 Rising Voices Fellow Phoebe Chapnick-Sorokin at a 2018 March for Our Lives action that she planned.

May 15, 2019

Students Against School Shootings

Phoebe Chapnick-Sorokin

In my year and two months as a gun control activist, this type of conversation has been a common occurrence.

Topics: Protests, Schools

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/students-against-school-shootings

May 15, 2014

My TV Schedule, My Self

Tara Metal

Hello, Internet. My name is Tara, I’m the new Director of Engagement & Social Media at JWA and I’m thrilled to introduce myself! I came to the Jewish Women’s Archive to creatively promote a mission that I strongly believe in—to document Jewish women’s stories, elevate their voices, and inspire them to be agents of change. I’ve been actively writing, posting to Facebook, and tweeting my heart out for the last two weeks—I hope you’ve noticed!—but this is my first JWA blog post. I have big plans for this blog, and I hope to bring you, dear readers, a thoughtful, funny, progressive place to think, share, and converse. Please be in touch—I want to hear from you! And in return, I promise to do my best to keep you entertained and interested while staying true to JWA’s mission.

Topics: Television

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/my-tv-schedule-my-self

Illustrated Outline of a Woman Sitting Cross-Legged; Background with Stars of David

August 24, 2022

Microaggressions in High School: Learning to Advocate for More Inclusive Communities

Georgia Fried

I’m calling out a system that doesn’t make Jewish students feel seen at school—a system that doesn’t educate people on religions that aren’t the most mainstream ones in our culture.

Topics: Schools, Antisemitism

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/microaggressions-high-school-learning-advocate-more-inclusive-communities

January 28, 2020

Ilana Glazer’s Stand-Up Special Is Not on Fire

Emma Cohn

One of JWA's Rising Voices Fellowship almumnae reviews Ilana Glazer's stand-up comedy special The Planet is Burning.

Topics: Television, Comedy

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/ilana-glazers-stand-special-not-fire

Bride and groom lifted in chairs at their wedding

July 2, 2020

Getting Married during a Pandemic: Interview with 'A Practical Wedding' Founder, Meg Keene

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

We talk to Meg Keene, owner of 'A Practical Wedding,' about how the pandemic is changing the culture of getting married.

Topics: Marriage

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/getting-married-during-pandemic-interview-wedding-planner-meg-keene

Lillian Hellman

Controversial both during and after her life, Lillian Hellman was one of the leading women of letters of mid-century America and a pioneer woman playwright. Hellman displayed courage not only in writing powerful plays like The Children’s Hour but also in her public refusal to name colleagues to the House Un-American Activities Committee.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/hellman-lillian

Kolech: Religious Women's Forum

Kolech (Hebrew for Your Voice): Religious Women’s Forum was founded in Jerusalem in 1998 with the aim of raising the standing of women in Jewish religious Orthodoxy. Among its achievements are a monthly pamphlet discussing the weekly Torah portion, halakhic issues, homiletics, and various Torah subjects; international conferences; and a guide for rabbis and communal workers on how to act when approached by women. Kolech is also active in the work of the Israeli Parliament, concerning certain laws which affect women.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/kolech-religious-womens-forum

Hagar Kadima

Composer and visual artist Hagar Kadima was the first Israeli woman composer to earn a PhD in composition. She was also the founder and first chair of the Israeli Women Composers Forum.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/kadima-hagar

Barbara Seaman, 1935 - 2008

Thinking about Barbara, I realize that she was a one-woman social networking site. She remembered everyone she had ever met and tried to connect them with everybody else she had ever met. She recalled where you were from, whom you dated, your health problems, and your writings or accomplishments and then she introduced to people who you should know.

http://qa.jwa.org/weremember/seaman-barbara

Pro-choice demonstration in front of supreme court

June 12, 2019

L’chaim: A Pro-Choice Narrative

Ava Berkwits

The summer of 2015, rising seventh grade me went off to sleepaway camp with an abstract sense of Malala/Emma Watson-based feminism, and a hunger to learn more.

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/lchaim-pro-choice-narrative

Susan Grossman

As a member of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS), Rabbi Susan Grossman has helped shape the Conservative Movement’s policies on women’s rights and their roles in Jewish life.

http://qa.jwa.org/rabbis/narrators/grossman-susan

November 9, 2016

Stories matter, now more than ever

Judith Rosenbaum

Stories will heal us—individually and as a nation. So reach out to someone and share a story or engage in conversation. We offer these questions as conversation starters.

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/stories-matter-now-more-than-ever

September 20, 2011

#jwapedia: Who inspires you?