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Group Hug at Mayyim Hayyim, RVF 22-23 August Retreat

About Rising Voices

Founded in 2013, the Rising Voices Fellowship is a ten-month program for Jewish teens in 10th-12th grades with a passion for writing and an interest in Judaism, feminism, and social justice.
http://qa.jwa.org/risingvoices/about
Judith Resnik in Space, September 8, 1984

Judith Resnik becomes first Jewish American astronaut and second woman in space

August 30, 1984

Judith Resnik joined the crew of the maiden flight of the orbiter Discovery

http://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/30/1984/this-week-in-history-judith-resnik-first-american-jewish-astronaut-and-second
2020-2021 Rising Voices Fellowship Cohort Collage by Lily Pazner

Rising Voices Fellowship Application

Applications for the Rising Voices Fellowship are accepted between February 1, 2024 and April 1, 2024. To find out more about the application process, see the FAQ.

http://qa.jwa.org/risingvoices/apply
Fanny Brooks

Death of pioneer Fanny Brooks

August 21, 1901

Death of Pioneer Fanny Brooks

http://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/21/1901/this-week-in-history-death-of-pioneer-fanny-brooks
Vera Weisbord's "A Radical Life"

Birth of Vera Weisbord, Radical

August 19, 1895

Birth of Vera Weisbord, Radical

http://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/19/1895/this-week-in-history-birth-of-vera-weisbord-radical

Tamar Benjamin

Tamar Benjamin is a third grade teacher at Kehillah Schechter Academy in Norwood, MA. Her experiences with her own special needs inspired her to earn degrees in both special and elementary education from Wheelock College. When not teaching, Tamar is most often found behind her camera or blogging.

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/tamar-benjamin

Nigel Savage

Nigel Savage is the Executive Director of Hazon. 

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/nigel-savage

Emilia Diamant

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/emilia-diamant
Lisa Batya Feld on Batwoman's Proposal to Maggie Sawyer thumbnail

Batwoman Proposes Marriage to Maggie Sawyer

February 20, 2013

"Batwoman is an important character, and a socially important one that has meaning that extends well beyond the printed pages of the world she lives in."

http://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/feb/20/2013/this-week-in-history-batwoman-proposes-marriage-to-maggie-sawyer

Anonymous

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/anonymous

jacqui shine

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/jacqui-shine

Esther Malka

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/esther-malka

Rabbi Sari Laufer

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/rabbi-sari-laufer

Rebecca Affachiner flies the first Israel flag

May 14, 1948

"The Betsy Ross of Israel" sewed and flew the first Israeli flag after the state was founded

http://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/may/14/1948/this-week-in-history-rebecca-affachiner-unfurls-first-israeli-flag
James Miller

James Miller

James is a native North Carolinian who has dedicated his life to the positive development of LGBTIQ persons and Individuals living with Disabilities. James completed his undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and Business Administration at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and his completed his M.P.P. and M.B.A. at Brandeis University. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the LGBT Center of Raleigh.

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/james-miller

Jewish Women and LGBTQ Pride

http://qa.jwa.org/discover/throughtheyear/june/glbt
Miriam Cantor-Stone Holds "The Lone Stars of David: The Jews of Texas," 2013

Miriam Cantor-Stone

Miriam Cantor-Stone graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 2012 with a Bachelor’s in Religion and Gender Studies. During college, she sang in two choirs and was often found in theatrical productions, in both on and off stage roles. In the recent past, she worked for Lilith Magazine and the Museum Department of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion Museum in New York. In her spare time, Miriam knits, cooks and bakes with her friends, and contemplates her next adventures.

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/miriam-cantor-stone

Tera “Nova Jade* Greene

Tera “Nova Jade* Greene is an award-winning DJ and Entrepreneur. A published writer and poet, she has been a contributing blogger to the Jewish Journal’s historic LGBTQ blog, “Oy Gay”, since its inception in 2010. Tera has also been a contributing writer for anthologies, including the well-received anthology, “Living Jewishly: A Snapshot of a Generation” (Academic Press, Spertus University). Ms. Greene can be found online: http://www.facebook.com/djnjpro, http://dj.beatport.com/djnovajade, and http://www.roicommunity.org/users/tera-nova-jade-greene. Her email is djnovajade.booking@gmail.com. She loves travel, living vegetarian, and laughing.

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/tera-nova-jade-greene

Gloria Garcia Litt

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/gloria-garcia-litt
Barbara Dobkin and Eve Landau at Ma'yan's First Feminist Seder, March 1994

Founding of Ma’yan, Home for Young Women’s Resources

July 1, 1993

Founding of Ma’yan, Home for Young Women’s Resources

http://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/01/1993/this-week-in-history-founding-of-ma-yan-home-for-young-women-s-resources
Steve Benson on Irena Sendler's Heroism Thumbnail

Irena Sendler saves Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto

October 20, 1943

Irena Sendler Saves Jewish Children from the Warsaw Ghetto

http://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/oct/20/1943/this-week-in-history-irena-sendler-saves-jewish-children-from-warsaw-ghetto

Jessica Cavanagh-Melhado

Jessica Cavanagh-Melhado completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She recently completed a Masters in Non-Profit Management from the NYU Wagner School of Public Service, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Jewish Studies from NYU’s department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies part-time. She writes at Redefining Rebbetzin and is pursuing a career in Jewish communal service.

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/jessica-cavanagh-melhado

Vanessa “Vinny” Prell

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/vanessa-vinny-prell
Seth Goren

Seth Goren

Seth Goren lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and is the Director of Jewish Student Life and Associate Chaplain at Lehigh University.  He practiced human rights and consumer protection law before going to rabbinical school at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion and has been a dad for a little over two years.

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/seth-goren
Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali

MIT’s Shafi Goldwasser wins “the Nobel Prize in computing”

June 15, 2013

MIT’s Shafi Goldwasser won the Alan M. Turing Award for her work in computer cryptography, which revolutionized internet security.

http://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/15/2013/this-week-in-history-mit-s-shafi-goldwasser-wins-nobel-prize-in-computing

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