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A good read (particularly before Thanksgiving...)
Learning Reconciliation from My Great-Grandmother’s Poetry, by JWA Rising Voices Fellow Susannah Abel-Zucker: buff.ly/Hl8RXvE
Learning Reconciliation from My Great-Grandmother’s Poetry, by JWA Rising Voices Fellow Susannah Abel-Zucker: buff.ly/Hl8RXvE
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A good read (particularly before Thanksgiving...)
Learning Reconciliation from My Great-Grandmother’s Poetry, by JWA Rising Voices Fellow Susannah Abel-Zucker: buff.ly/Hl8RXvE
Learning Reconciliation from My Great-Grandmother’s Poetry, by JWA Rising Voices Fellow Susannah Abel-Zucker: buff.ly/Hl8RXvE
"I tried to find Judaica that fit our space and aesthetic, and came up empty. By then, I’d been making and selling ceramic mugs for a few years, so I figured, if I couldn’t find it, I’d make it.
—JWA sat down with Melissa Felderman, ceramicist and designer: buff.ly/t4zFFoX
—JWA sat down with Melissa Felderman, ceramicist and designer: buff.ly/t4zFFoX
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"I tried to find Judaica that fit our space and aesthetic, and came up empty. By then, I’d been making and selling ceramic mugs for a few years, so I figured, if I couldn’t find it, I’d make it.
—JWA sat down with Melissa Felderman, ceramicist and designer: buff.ly/t4zFFoX
—JWA sat down with Melissa Felderman, ceramicist and designer: buff.ly/t4zFFoX
JWA's Winter 2025 Book List has arrived 🥳
Explore titles that illuminate Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, reveal the challenges of pop icon Carole King, explore an exchange of letters between Holocaust survivors, examine antisemitism in the US, and more: buff.ly/wzdT2CT
Explore titles that illuminate Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, reveal the challenges of pop icon Carole King, explore an exchange of letters between Holocaust survivors, examine antisemitism in the US, and more: buff.ly/wzdT2CT
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
JWA's Winter 2025 Book List has arrived 🥳
Explore titles that illuminate Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, reveal the challenges of pop icon Carole King, explore an exchange of letters between Holocaust survivors, examine antisemitism in the US, and more: buff.ly/wzdT2CT
Explore titles that illuminate Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, reveal the challenges of pop icon Carole King, explore an exchange of letters between Holocaust survivors, examine antisemitism in the US, and more: buff.ly/wzdT2CT
Boston — join us for a screening of "Janis Ian: Breaking Silence," on Dec 3 at 6:30 PM at Coolidge Corner Theater.
Chronicling the life of singer-songwriter Janis Ian, this screening will feature a conversation with the film’s co-writer and executive producer Pierre Hauser: buff.ly/SqJz6aa
Chronicling the life of singer-songwriter Janis Ian, this screening will feature a conversation with the film’s co-writer and executive producer Pierre Hauser: buff.ly/SqJz6aa
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Boston — join us for a screening of "Janis Ian: Breaking Silence," on Dec 3 at 6:30 PM at Coolidge Corner Theater.
Chronicling the life of singer-songwriter Janis Ian, this screening will feature a conversation with the film’s co-writer and executive producer Pierre Hauser: buff.ly/SqJz6aa
Chronicling the life of singer-songwriter Janis Ian, this screening will feature a conversation with the film’s co-writer and executive producer Pierre Hauser: buff.ly/SqJz6aa
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor Charlotte Charlaque, a Jewish transgender trailblazer who lived fearlessly as one of the first women to receive gender-affirming surgery at Berlin’s Institute of Sexual Science: buff.ly/7lAs3NW
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor Charlotte Charlaque, a Jewish transgender trailblazer who lived fearlessly as one of the first women to receive gender-affirming surgery at Berlin’s Institute of Sexual Science: buff.ly/7lAs3NW
Sigd, a festival celebrated by Ethiopian Jews, begins tonight at sundown!
Members of the Beta Israel community fast, read scriptures, and pray for the rebuilding of the Temple. The fast ends mid-day with a feast and dancing.
📷 Ethiopian woman celebrating Sigd. 1982.
Members of the Beta Israel community fast, read scriptures, and pray for the rebuilding of the Temple. The fast ends mid-day with a feast and dancing.
📷 Ethiopian woman celebrating Sigd. 1982.
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Sigd, a festival celebrated by Ethiopian Jews, begins tonight at sundown!
Members of the Beta Israel community fast, read scriptures, and pray for the rebuilding of the Temple. The fast ends mid-day with a feast and dancing.
📷 Ethiopian woman celebrating Sigd. 1982.
Members of the Beta Israel community fast, read scriptures, and pray for the rebuilding of the Temple. The fast ends mid-day with a feast and dancing.
📷 Ethiopian woman celebrating Sigd. 1982.
JWA Fall Book Talks wrap up this Thursday, November 20, at 8 PM ET with Sarah Hurwitz, author of "As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us."
An exploration of how antisemitism shapes Jewish identity and how Jews can reclaim tradition. Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
An exploration of how antisemitism shapes Jewish identity and how Jews can reclaim tradition. Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
JWA Fall Book Talks wrap up this Thursday, November 20, at 8 PM ET with Sarah Hurwitz, author of "As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us."
An exploration of how antisemitism shapes Jewish identity and how Jews can reclaim tradition. Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
An exploration of how antisemitism shapes Jewish identity and how Jews can reclaim tradition. Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
Join us on virtually on December 4 at 8 PM ET with Marcella White Campbell or an inspiring writing workshop about anger as a creative force.
This interactive workshop, designed for Jewish women and non-binary people of color, explores how we can turn anger into a force for change: buff.ly/2GJeguJ
This interactive workshop, designed for Jewish women and non-binary people of color, explores how we can turn anger into a force for change: buff.ly/2GJeguJ
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Join us on virtually on December 4 at 8 PM ET with Marcella White Campbell or an inspiring writing workshop about anger as a creative force.
This interactive workshop, designed for Jewish women and non-binary people of color, explores how we can turn anger into a force for change: buff.ly/2GJeguJ
This interactive workshop, designed for Jewish women and non-binary people of color, explores how we can turn anger into a force for change: buff.ly/2GJeguJ
"If my career depends upon hiding the fact that I was born a Jew, I'd rather not have one."
In a Hollywood that encouraged assimilation, Carmel Myers never denied that she was Jewish. She performed in 70+ films and became known for her vamp roles in silent films and “talkies.” buff.ly/8xuv17E
In a Hollywood that encouraged assimilation, Carmel Myers never denied that she was Jewish. She performed in 70+ films and became known for her vamp roles in silent films and “talkies.” buff.ly/8xuv17E
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"If my career depends upon hiding the fact that I was born a Jew, I'd rather not have one."
In a Hollywood that encouraged assimilation, Carmel Myers never denied that she was Jewish. She performed in 70+ films and became known for her vamp roles in silent films and “talkies.” buff.ly/8xuv17E
In a Hollywood that encouraged assimilation, Carmel Myers never denied that she was Jewish. She performed in 70+ films and became known for her vamp roles in silent films and “talkies.” buff.ly/8xuv17E
This Jewish Playwright's Show Was Cancelled Because of Anti-DEI Initiatives:
Zoe Senese-Grossberg's play 'Boy My Greatness,' a historical fiction piece about the boys who played Shakespeare’s women, was cancelled at the University of Central Oklahoma due to anti-DEI initiatives: buff.ly/6JxwjNt
Zoe Senese-Grossberg's play 'Boy My Greatness,' a historical fiction piece about the boys who played Shakespeare’s women, was cancelled at the University of Central Oklahoma due to anti-DEI initiatives: buff.ly/6JxwjNt
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This Jewish Playwright's Show Was Cancelled Because of Anti-DEI Initiatives:
Zoe Senese-Grossberg's play 'Boy My Greatness,' a historical fiction piece about the boys who played Shakespeare’s women, was cancelled at the University of Central Oklahoma due to anti-DEI initiatives: buff.ly/6JxwjNt
Zoe Senese-Grossberg's play 'Boy My Greatness,' a historical fiction piece about the boys who played Shakespeare’s women, was cancelled at the University of Central Oklahoma due to anti-DEI initiatives: buff.ly/6JxwjNt
JWA Book Talks continue Thursday, November 13, at 12 PM ET with Minna Bromberg, author of "Every Body Beloved: A Jewish Embrace of Fatness."
This memoir-meets-manifesto confronts the harm of anti-fat bias, interweaving Minna's personal journey with Jewish tradition.
Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
This memoir-meets-manifesto confronts the harm of anti-fat bias, interweaving Minna's personal journey with Jewish tradition.
Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
JWA Book Talks continue Thursday, November 13, at 12 PM ET with Minna Bromberg, author of "Every Body Beloved: A Jewish Embrace of Fatness."
This memoir-meets-manifesto confronts the harm of anti-fat bias, interweaving Minna's personal journey with Jewish tradition.
Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
This memoir-meets-manifesto confronts the harm of anti-fat bias, interweaving Minna's personal journey with Jewish tradition.
Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
"I suddenly wondered why I was trying so hard to erase the one feature that connected me to my family and culture. That thought made me pause, and I put the blow dryer down."
Embracing My Natural Curls | Jewish Women's Archive
I suddenly wondered why I was trying so hard to erase the one feature that connected me to my family and culture. That thought made me pause, and I put the blow dryer down.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"I suddenly wondered why I was trying so hard to erase the one feature that connected me to my family and culture. That thought made me pause, and I put the blow dryer down."
"Judaism shaped the way that I teach and think about science."
JWA sits down with Merav Opher, a professor in the Astronomy department at Boston University: buff.ly/HCAO6jy
JWA sits down with Merav Opher, a professor in the Astronomy department at Boston University: buff.ly/HCAO6jy
7 Questions for Merav Opher | Jewish Women's Archive
JWA sat down with Jewish astronomer Merav Opher to discuss her work on the heliosphere.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Judaism shaped the way that I teach and think about science."
JWA sits down with Merav Opher, a professor in the Astronomy department at Boston University: buff.ly/HCAO6jy
JWA sits down with Merav Opher, a professor in the Astronomy department at Boston University: buff.ly/HCAO6jy
"As I move through D.C., I know something is true: I will need oranges, and the gun in the produce aisle will not make me feel safer shopping for them."
JWA's Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color has published its first piece by 2025 fellow Rachel Faulkner: buff.ly/CzLl89S
JWA's Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color has published its first piece by 2025 fellow Rachel Faulkner: buff.ly/CzLl89S
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"As I move through D.C., I know something is true: I will need oranges, and the gun in the produce aisle will not make me feel safer shopping for them."
JWA's Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color has published its first piece by 2025 fellow Rachel Faulkner: buff.ly/CzLl89S
JWA's Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color has published its first piece by 2025 fellow Rachel Faulkner: buff.ly/CzLl89S
Delphine Horvilleur is one of 5 women rabbis in France and a leader of the Liberal Jewish Movement of France.
She has written 10 books, notably "Living With Our Dead" (2021), and relates Judaism with sexuality, feminism, and politics. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1974: buff.ly/j5ltxBk
She has written 10 books, notably "Living With Our Dead" (2021), and relates Judaism with sexuality, feminism, and politics. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1974: buff.ly/j5ltxBk
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Delphine Horvilleur is one of 5 women rabbis in France and a leader of the Liberal Jewish Movement of France.
She has written 10 books, notably "Living With Our Dead" (2021), and relates Judaism with sexuality, feminism, and politics. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1974: buff.ly/j5ltxBk
She has written 10 books, notably "Living With Our Dead" (2021), and relates Judaism with sexuality, feminism, and politics. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1974: buff.ly/j5ltxBk
November is Mizrahi Heritage Month! Explore JWA's resources in our encyclopedia, with articles like:
🔹 Mizrahi Feminism in Israel,
🔹 Sephardi and Mizrahi Women in the United States,
🔹 Morocco: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,
...and many more!
Learn something new: buff.ly/LegL0tl
🔹 Mizrahi Feminism in Israel,
🔹 Sephardi and Mizrahi Women in the United States,
🔹 Morocco: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,
...and many more!
Learn something new: buff.ly/LegL0tl
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
November is Mizrahi Heritage Month! Explore JWA's resources in our encyclopedia, with articles like:
🔹 Mizrahi Feminism in Israel,
🔹 Sephardi and Mizrahi Women in the United States,
🔹 Morocco: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,
...and many more!
Learn something new: buff.ly/LegL0tl
🔹 Mizrahi Feminism in Israel,
🔹 Sephardi and Mizrahi Women in the United States,
🔹 Morocco: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,
...and many more!
Learn something new: buff.ly/LegL0tl
JWA Book Talks continue Thursday, November 6, at 8 PM ET with Esther Chehebar, author of "Sisters of Fortune."
Three sisters chase love and grapple with the growing pains of young womanhood as they seek their place within and beyond their Syrian Jewish Brooklyn community.
Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
Three sisters chase love and grapple with the growing pains of young womanhood as they seek their place within and beyond their Syrian Jewish Brooklyn community.
Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
JWA Book Talks continue Thursday, November 6, at 8 PM ET with Esther Chehebar, author of "Sisters of Fortune."
Three sisters chase love and grapple with the growing pains of young womanhood as they seek their place within and beyond their Syrian Jewish Brooklyn community.
Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
Three sisters chase love and grapple with the growing pains of young womanhood as they seek their place within and beyond their Syrian Jewish Brooklyn community.
Register: buff.ly/l1Ml2oK
Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice is Jewish goth excellence. 🕯️🖤 Happy Halloween!
📷 Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice, 1988.
📷 Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice, 1988.
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice is Jewish goth excellence. 🕯️🖤 Happy Halloween!
📷 Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice, 1988.
📷 Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice, 1988.
Speaking of costumes and performance this week, queer surrealist photographer Claude Cahun was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1894.
Cahun lived their life in a spirit of rebellion and defiance, defying conventional ideals of beauty and femininity with their shaven head and male attire: buff.ly/bvnx7j1
Cahun lived their life in a spirit of rebellion and defiance, defying conventional ideals of beauty and femininity with their shaven head and male attire: buff.ly/bvnx7j1
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Speaking of costumes and performance this week, queer surrealist photographer Claude Cahun was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1894.
Cahun lived their life in a spirit of rebellion and defiance, defying conventional ideals of beauty and femininity with their shaven head and male attire: buff.ly/bvnx7j1
Cahun lived their life in a spirit of rebellion and defiance, defying conventional ideals of beauty and femininity with their shaven head and male attire: buff.ly/bvnx7j1
Are you watching the new season of Nobody Wants This?
"Viewers must watch the first half with the same patience required to endure Season 1, but ultimately are in for a reward of deeper engagement with Judaism," writes Zia Saylor in her review of Season 2:
"Viewers must watch the first half with the same patience required to endure Season 1, but ultimately are in for a reward of deeper engagement with Judaism," writes Zia Saylor in her review of Season 2:
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Are you watching the new season of Nobody Wants This?
"Viewers must watch the first half with the same patience required to endure Season 1, but ultimately are in for a reward of deeper engagement with Judaism," writes Zia Saylor in her review of Season 2:
"Viewers must watch the first half with the same patience required to endure Season 1, but ultimately are in for a reward of deeper engagement with Judaism," writes Zia Saylor in her review of Season 2:
In our podcast new episode, trauma therapist Merav Roth describes how some of the Israeli hostages coped in captivity, what she's hearing from Palestinian colleagues in Gaza, and what long-term recovery from trauma can look like:
Episode 133: An Israeli Trauma Therapist on Healing After October 7 | Jewish Women's Archive
On October 9, 2023, two days after the Hamas attack, Israeli trauma therapist Merav Roth visited survivors of Kibbutz Be’eri in the hotel they had been evacuated to. Some had seen family members…
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October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In our podcast new episode, trauma therapist Merav Roth describes how some of the Israeli hostages coped in captivity, what she's hearing from Palestinian colleagues in Gaza, and what long-term recovery from trauma can look like:
JWA Book Talks return on Thursday, October 30! Join us at 8 PM ET with Jane Eisner, author of "Carole King: She Made the Earth Move."
Drawing on interviews, historical, and contemporary sources, Jane Eisner explores the life of iconic singer-songwriter Carole King.
Register: buff.ly/bTUNxa6
Drawing on interviews, historical, and contemporary sources, Jane Eisner explores the life of iconic singer-songwriter Carole King.
Register: buff.ly/bTUNxa6
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
JWA Book Talks return on Thursday, October 30! Join us at 8 PM ET with Jane Eisner, author of "Carole King: She Made the Earth Move."
Drawing on interviews, historical, and contemporary sources, Jane Eisner explores the life of iconic singer-songwriter Carole King.
Register: buff.ly/bTUNxa6
Drawing on interviews, historical, and contemporary sources, Jane Eisner explores the life of iconic singer-songwriter Carole King.
Register: buff.ly/bTUNxa6
Discovered while working as a telephone operator, Ruby Myers - also known as Sulochana - was an Indian actress from the Baghdadi Jewish community.
#ThisWeekInHistory in 1974, she won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema’s most prestigious lifetime achievement award: buff.ly/MCPVEaa
#ThisWeekInHistory in 1974, she won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema’s most prestigious lifetime achievement award: buff.ly/MCPVEaa
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Discovered while working as a telephone operator, Ruby Myers - also known as Sulochana - was an Indian actress from the Baghdadi Jewish community.
#ThisWeekInHistory in 1974, she won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema’s most prestigious lifetime achievement award: buff.ly/MCPVEaa
#ThisWeekInHistory in 1974, she won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema’s most prestigious lifetime achievement award: buff.ly/MCPVEaa
Diva, Yiddish folksinger, and citizen of the world, Isa Kremer lived life in a global arena despite conflicts: the Russian Revolution, the Ottoman Empire, anti-Semitism in Europe, and dictatorship in Argentina. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1887. buff.ly/fR4SWR2
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Diva, Yiddish folksinger, and citizen of the world, Isa Kremer lived life in a global arena despite conflicts: the Russian Revolution, the Ottoman Empire, anti-Semitism in Europe, and dictatorship in Argentina. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1887. buff.ly/fR4SWR2
Born in Vienna, Hilde Holger founded the New School for Movement Art at 16, creating Jewish and political dances before fleeing WWII to Bombay. She also pioneered dance education for people with Down Syndrome. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1905: buff.ly/lTSsTIJ
October 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Born in Vienna, Hilde Holger founded the New School for Movement Art at 16, creating Jewish and political dances before fleeing WWII to Bombay. She also pioneered dance education for people with Down Syndrome. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1905: buff.ly/lTSsTIJ