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January 3, 2023

If You Have an Eating Disorder, You're Not Alone

Emma Barthold

The new year, with its onslaught of messages about “improving” our bodies, can be especially hard for people with eating disorders.

Topics: Psychology and Psychiatry, Yom Kippur, Tisha B'Av

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/eating-disorders-jewish-community

Film still from Chantal Akerman's Je Tu Il Elle - two naked women lying down, facing each other

June 23, 2022

Chantal Akerman’s Queer Jewish Cinema

Emily-Rose Baker

Akerman’s queer, feminist, Jewish films deserve far more attention than they’ve received.

Topics: Film, LGBTQIA Rights, Feminism

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/chantal-akermans-queer-jewish-cinema

Ennis Bashe and the cover of their book Scheme of Sorcery.

March 31, 2022

Interview with Disabled, Non-Binary, Jewish Poet and Novelist Ennis Bashe

Jen Richler

JWA talks to Ennis Bashe about how their different identities intersect, and what they want every disabled and able-bodied person to know.

Topics: Activism, Fiction, LGBTQIA Rights

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/interview-disabled-non-binary-jewish-poet-and-novelist-ennis-bashe

Rachel Brosnahan accept flowers from a man.

March 8, 2022

I’m Tired of Trying to Root for Midge Maisel

Sarah Jae Leiber

Over and over, Midge hurts people who trusted her, and the show lets her get away with it.

Topics: Television, Comedy

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/im-tired-trying-root-midge-maisel

July 21, 2020

Seeds of Sustenance: Pandemic Victory Gardens

Julie Zuckerman

Like during World War I and II, many of us have turned to gardening for comfort and control during the pandemic.

Topics: Food, World War II

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/seeds-sustenance-pandemic-victory-gardens

May 14, 2020

Voting Isn't Enough: A Look Back at Emma Goldman's Radical Anti-suffrage

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Is voting the be-all and end-all of civic engagement? Emma Goldman didn't think so.

Topics: Voting Rights, Politics and Government

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/suffrage/voting-isnt-enough-look-back-emma-goldmans-radical-anti-suffrage

March 2, 2020

An Interview with Elaine Weiss, Author of "The Woman’s Hour"

Betsy More

Exclusively for JWA, Elaine Weiss discusses her new book, The Woman's Hour, and the fight for women's suffrage in the United States.

Topics: Voting Rights, Women's Rights, Non-Fiction

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/bookclub-suffrage/interview-elaine-weiss-author-womans-hour

Tarece Johnson leading a Justice for Black Lives march she organized in Atlanta, June 7, 2020

Episode 43: Black Lives Matter

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A wave of protests is sweeping the country following the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. In this episode, we speak with Atlanta-based educator and activist Tarece Johnson about her work for racial justice and about confronting racism inside the Jewish community. As Tarece says, "As Black people, and as Jews, we endure racism in our Jewish community... anti-Blackness is very real." We also talk with Sara Greenhalgh, who has been on the front lines of protests in Minneapolis, and share a protest prayer by April Baskin.

http://qa.jwa.org/podcasts/canwetalk/episode-43-black-lives-matter

March 15, 2016

An Interview with Alix Kates Shulman

Bella Book

Alix Kate Shulman talks with JWA about her book, Memoirs of an ex-Prom Queen.

Topics: Writing

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/interview-with-alix-kates-shulman

Sarah Barasch-Hagans Preparing for Protest

August 4, 2015

One Year Since Ferguson: An Interview with Activist Sarah Barasch-Hagans

Tara Metal

Sarah Barasch-Hagans is a rabbinical student and activist who has been deeply involved in the fight for justice for Black Americans in Ferguson, Missouri. Her new venture, Fargesn Media, seeks to give a voice to the people of Ferguson and empower them to tell their own story. Sarah spoke to JWA about Jewish activism, her experiences in Ferguson since last August, and where we as a community should go from here.

Topics: Civil Rights, Community Organizing, Protests

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/one-year-since-ferguson-interview-with-activist-sarah-barasch-hagans

January 27, 2015

Parting Gifts

Lesléa Newman

“I can’t die before July 28^th,” my mother said as soon as her doctor strolled into her room at Long Island Jewish Hospital. “I have theatre tickets.” Then, exhausted from the effort of uttering those two short sentences, she lay back on the pillow and shut her eyes.

Topics: Motherhood, Theater

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/parting-gifts

July 12, 2013

Parshat Matot-Masei: What is our Journey?

Elyssa Cohen

While we aren’t still wandering the wilderness of Maob, or navigating the hard working conditions of the lower east side, we must not forget what it means to be a newcomer to a foreign land. And we must take alongside us the reminder that we are the links to our past and our future. We serve as the reminder to not take for granted our ability to be both freely Jewish and American at the same time and to empathize with the conditions new Americans face today. For just as we were slaves in Egypt, so too were our families the ones who paved the path for great opportunity.

Topics: Family, Immigration, Bible

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/parshat-matot-masei

October 10, 2012

Interview with Mary Glickman: Enthralling Author, Charming Mensch (Part I)

Gabrielle Orcha

Mary Glickman is a writer, public relations professional, and fundraiser who has worked with Jewish charities and organizations.

Topics: Civil Rights, Fiction

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/interview-with-mary-glickman-writer

July 3, 2012

Your FIJW Submissions!

Gabrielle Orcha

We received wonderful tributes from the JWA community responding to our call for submissions on the Fiercely Independent Jewish Women that have inspired us in our lives. Today and tomorrow as we celebrate our country's independence, let us toast these fine women (and those in our thoughts not mentioned here) for the fierce independence they have sparked, kindled, and set ablaze in each of us.

Topics: Family

http://qa.jwa.org/blog/your-fijw-submissions

Audrey Abade

Audrey Abade is the Jewish History Department Chair at Magen David Yeshivah High School. Her research has focused on Sephardic Jewry, particularly the role of women within Syrian and Egyptian Jewish communities. Her study of Egyptian Jewish women and their immigration to the United States was published in, “A Jewish Feminine Mystique?: Jewish Women in Postwar America.” Her lesson focuses on Syrian Jewish Americans during World War II and looks at the process of identity formation through the lens of young first and second generation women.

http://qa.jwa.org/twersky/abade-audrey

Sally Gottesman's Bat Mitzvah Invitation, 1975

Taking Risks, Making Change: Bat Mitzvah and Other Evolving Traditions

The letters from one girl's campaign to have the first Saturday morning Bat Mitzvah in her congregation in 1974 serve as a case study for exploring how we confront controversial issues and make change in our communities.

http://qa.jwa.org/teach/golearn/mar09

Deborah Dash Moore receives the Jewish Cultural Achievement Award

June 10, 2013

"No area offered greater freedom and challenge than American Jewish history… It has been a great voyage.” - Deborah Dash Moore

http://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/10/2013/this-week-in-history-deborah-dash-moore-receives-jewish-cultural-achievement

JWA News Release: September 13, 2011

Contact: Leah Berkenwald, Online Communications Specialist (617) 383-2258.

http://qa.jwa.org/news/2011/110913-JWA-tweeting-the-encyclopedia-round-2

Jewish Values in Action

In this activity, students will explore their personal values and develop a deeper understanding of how values inform their identities and actions. This activity makes a great compliment to a service learning project, or an introduction to tikkun olam and other actions that are informed by Jewish values.

http://qa.jwa.org/teach/mbms/jewish-values-in-action

Tefillin Barbie: Body Image and Gender Roles in Judaism - Lesson Plan for Teens

http://qa.jwa.org/teach/golearn/jan08/youth

Episode 88: Jewish Women Behind the Mic

http://qa.jwa.org/episode-88-jewish-women-behind-mic

Boston Workmen's Circle Demonstration at Trader Joe's, December 11, 2011

Unit 1, Lesson 8 - Contemporary Jewish Labor Campaigns: The Labor Movement Begins at Home

Explore contemporary Jewish labor campaigns on issues such as the living wage and the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, and analyze how and why Jewish organizations are advocating in solidarity with oppressed workers.

http://qa.jwa.org/teach/livingthelegacy/labor/contemporary-jewish-labor-campaigns-labor-movement-begins-at-home

Women's Studies in the United States

Jewish women were instrumental in creating women’s studies as an academic discipline and contributed significantly to its growth and evolution. They have been critical not only as political activists, administrators, and editors of the key women’s studies journals, but also as prominent thinkers in the field’s intellectual debates.

http://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/womens-studies-in-united-states

Karen Geggel

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Adult Bat Mitzvahs

Shanya Rhodes interviewed Karen Geggel on March 16, 2005, in Dover, Massachusetts, as part of the Adult Bat Mitzvahs Oral History Project. Geggel recounts her journey from growing up in a Catholic household, questioning her faith, exploring Eastern religions, experiencing a spiritual awakening while backpacking, and eventually converting to Judaism, which has influenced her life, family traditions, and spiritual fulfillment.

http://qa.jwa.org/oralhistories/geggel-karen

Pamela Goldman