Activism

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Ann Lewis

I might never have heard of Maud Nathan if I had not found these books, just as we know that too much of Jewish women's history has gone untold.

Gerda Lerner

From 1980 on, the celebration of Women's History Week, and later, Women's History Month, spread to every state, every county, and most communities in the U.S.A.

Lori Lefkovitz

This stone symbolizes for me the loving feminist reclamation of our great grandmothers' folkways.

Madeleine Kunin

The sound of applause—not just for me but for women rising to a position of power—reverberated through the hall, like the sound of an orchestra.

Sharon Kleinbaum

I never wanted to simply be a female rabbi. I want to be a part of a Judaism that is transformed by feminism.

Francine Klagsbrun

As the commission delved into the issue, testimony it received from scholars showed that no Jewish legal barriers stood in the way of ordaining women.

Clare Kinberg

We should not be dissuaded from seeking specifically Jewish and feminist perspectives on the most pressing issues of our time...

Loolwa Khazzoom

The facilitator was shocked when I informed her I could not possibly have an authentic experience or feel emotionally safe without more Jewish diversity.

Evelyn Fox Keller

The creativity unleashed by such questions was astonishing, and the interest and enthusiasm generated explosive.

Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz

Though the content of our mission is not specifically feminist, we have modeled feminist activism...

Paula Hyman

Within several months we determined that if any Jewish issue required political action, it was this one, the status of women.

Florence Howe

I knew also that if this magnificent story had been “lost” for 90 years, much more must have also been lost.

Nicole Hollander

It was feminism and humor that made me a cartoonist.

Susannah Heschel

Twenty years ago, writing about Judaism from a feminist perspective, rather than discussing women from “Judaism's” point of view, seemed audacious.

Diana Mara Henry

I was rushing backward as fast as I could in order to get the shot of these proud and happy women energetically marching to the Houston convention center...

Nancy Miriam Hawley

[W]e realized that the title “Women and their Bodies” was itself a sign of our alienation from our bodies.

Rivka Haut

While these attempts did much to increase knowledge about agunah agony, this unjust situation is still widespread.

Gloria Greenfield

In the late 1960s, I began a journey “out of the patriarchy” towards territory unknown.

Gloria Greenfield

I was making a conscious decision to change my primary identity from ‘Jewish radical feminism’ to ‘feminist Jew.’

Blu Greenberg

My critique was two–pronged: what Orthodoxy and feminism could learn from each other.

Lynn Gottlieb

We who seek liberation from the oppressive structures that deny us the same economic, educational, and spiritual opportunities as the privileged among us need each other.

Sally Gottesman

Like my mother and her father, my grandfather, I was both a committed Jew and a feminist.

Maralee Gordon

‘How can we include you in the circle?’ replaced the boundary line keeping the ‘abnormal’ out.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The demand for justice runs through the entirety of Jewish history and Jewish tradition.

The House by the Side of the Road by Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson

Ordinary Role Models: Going Beyond Pop-Culture

Eden Marcus

We continue looking at pop culture and role models with this post from one of our Rising Voices Fellows. Be sure to check the JWA blog each Tuesday for a new post from our fellows—and check out the great educational resources provided by our partner organization, Prozdor.

I’m no “gleek,” but from time to time, I confess, I’ll catch an episode of Glee. In a recent show, one of the main characters, Marley, was told to portray a pop singer whose behavior was completely different than her own. When she refused, she was suspended from rehearsals for not being a team player.

My first reaction was, “You go, girl!” Glee portrayed this girl as strong—someone who was willing to pay the price for remaining true to herself.

Topics: Civil Rights

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