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"Camp Be’chol Lashon gives campers the opportunity to share their cultural identity.
This is powerful for Jewish kids of color from transracially adopted families, who often receive the message that they should keep quiet about the elephant in the room:" buff.ly/SitTl3O
This is powerful for Jewish kids of color from transracially adopted families, who often receive the message that they should keep quiet about the elephant in the room:" buff.ly/SitTl3O
April 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
"Camp Be’chol Lashon gives campers the opportunity to share their cultural identity.
This is powerful for Jewish kids of color from transracially adopted families, who often receive the message that they should keep quiet about the elephant in the room:" buff.ly/SitTl3O
This is powerful for Jewish kids of color from transracially adopted families, who often receive the message that they should keep quiet about the elephant in the room:" buff.ly/SitTl3O
Great op ed by my friend and colleague @judithrosenbaum.bsky.social. But I wish it wasn't necessary for her to write it.
www.jta.org/2025/04/02/i...
www.jta.org/2025/04/02/i...
I help tell Jewish women's stories. Trump's attacks on diversity are an assault on everyone's history. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
When people’s stories are obliterated, their rights are not far behind, writes the CEO of the Jewish Women’s Archive.
www.jta.org
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Great op ed by my friend and colleague @judithrosenbaum.bsky.social. But I wish it wasn't necessary for her to write it.
www.jta.org/2025/04/02/i...
www.jta.org/2025/04/02/i...
This is so infuriating. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Scrambling to hide “wokeness” for Hegseth visit, Naval Academy removes photos of female Jewish grads
This is what it’s come to. Scrambling to hide any “wokeness” ahead of Secretary of Anti-Wokeness Petey Hegseth’s visit today, the U.S. Naval Academy removed virtually all photos of female Jewish Acade...
www.dailykos.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is so infuriating. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Such an amazing group of writers!
Join JWA in welcoming our inaugural cohort of Pomegranate Writing Fellows!
Emily McDonnell is a PhD candidate at UNC Chapel Hill and a citizen of the Navajo Nation. Guided by Navajo and Jewish values, she believes in public service and is involved in Jewish and Native orgs.
More: buff.ly/Etw4kZr
Emily McDonnell is a PhD candidate at UNC Chapel Hill and a citizen of the Navajo Nation. Guided by Navajo and Jewish values, she believes in public service and is involved in Jewish and Native orgs.
More: buff.ly/Etw4kZr
March 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Such an amazing group of writers!
Such a loss to the Jewish community!
Marjorie Agosín was an award-winning Chilean Jewish poet, memoirist, novelist, literary critic, editor, educator, and human rights activist.
She died recently on March 10, 2025. May her memory be a blessing.
Read more about her life in our encyclopedia article:
She died recently on March 10, 2025. May her memory be a blessing.
Read more about her life in our encyclopedia article:
Marjorie Agosín | Jewish Women's Archive
Marjorie Agosín was an award-winning Chilean Jewish poet, memoirist, novelist, literary critic, editor, educator, and human rights activist. Her work, which she writes in Spanish, is widely…
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March 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Such a loss to the Jewish community!
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Join us in welcoming our inaugural cohort for The Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color!
Rachel Faulkner is a community organize and anti-racist educator passionate about ensuring that the voices of Jewish Women of Color are centered in Judaism and the world. buff.ly/ApRP8cW
Rachel Faulkner is a community organize and anti-racist educator passionate about ensuring that the voices of Jewish Women of Color are centered in Judaism and the world. buff.ly/ApRP8cW
March 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Join us in welcoming our inaugural cohort for The Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color!
Rachel Faulkner is a community organize and anti-racist educator passionate about ensuring that the voices of Jewish Women of Color are centered in Judaism and the world. buff.ly/ApRP8cW
Rachel Faulkner is a community organize and anti-racist educator passionate about ensuring that the voices of Jewish Women of Color are centered in Judaism and the world. buff.ly/ApRP8cW
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JWA is excited to introduce the inaugural cohort of The Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color!
Stints in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, England, Canada, Ethiopia, and the US, coupled with education in law, biology & econ give Sai Jallow Edelstein a wry perspective: buff.ly/ApRP8cW
Stints in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, England, Canada, Ethiopia, and the US, coupled with education in law, biology & econ give Sai Jallow Edelstein a wry perspective: buff.ly/ApRP8cW
March 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
JWA is excited to introduce the inaugural cohort of The Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color!
Stints in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, England, Canada, Ethiopia, and the US, coupled with education in law, biology & econ give Sai Jallow Edelstein a wry perspective: buff.ly/ApRP8cW
Stints in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, England, Canada, Ethiopia, and the US, coupled with education in law, biology & econ give Sai Jallow Edelstein a wry perspective: buff.ly/ApRP8cW
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JWA is excited to announce our brand new line of merch 🥳
From an Old Hollywood starlet to the first ordained woman rabbi to a woman in traditional Mizrahi garb, our new collection highlights bold figures who have shaped our past and inspire our future.
Browse the collection: https://jwa.org/shop
From an Old Hollywood starlet to the first ordained woman rabbi to a woman in traditional Mizrahi garb, our new collection highlights bold figures who have shaped our past and inspire our future.
Browse the collection: https://jwa.org/shop
February 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
JWA is excited to announce our brand new line of merch 🥳
From an Old Hollywood starlet to the first ordained woman rabbi to a woman in traditional Mizrahi garb, our new collection highlights bold figures who have shaped our past and inspire our future.
Browse the collection: https://jwa.org/shop
From an Old Hollywood starlet to the first ordained woman rabbi to a woman in traditional Mizrahi garb, our new collection highlights bold figures who have shaped our past and inspire our future.
Browse the collection: https://jwa.org/shop
I'm so excited to share that this project I've been working on for the past few years has finally come to fruition! We have an amazing first cohort of the Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color!
We’re thrilled to announce the inaugural cohort of the new Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color!
Mazel tov:
🔶 Sai Jallow Edelstein
🔶 Rachel Faulkner
🔶 Emily McDonnell
🔶 Anjelica Ruiz
🔶 Hannah Joy Sachs
Read more: https://buff.ly/40XhQbh
Mazel tov:
🔶 Sai Jallow Edelstein
🔶 Rachel Faulkner
🔶 Emily McDonnell
🔶 Anjelica Ruiz
🔶 Hannah Joy Sachs
Read more: https://buff.ly/40XhQbh
February 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm so excited to share that this project I've been working on for the past few years has finally come to fruition! We have an amazing first cohort of the Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color!
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Know a teen writer who is passionate about Judaism, feminism, and social justice? JWA is accepting applications for the 2025-26 Rising Voices Fellowship!
Tell the future leader in your life to apply by April 1, 2025.
More info: https://buff.ly/4hJE73s
Tell the future leader in your life to apply by April 1, 2025.
More info: https://buff.ly/4hJE73s
February 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Know a teen writer who is passionate about Judaism, feminism, and social justice? JWA is accepting applications for the 2025-26 Rising Voices Fellowship!
Tell the future leader in your life to apply by April 1, 2025.
More info: https://buff.ly/4hJE73s
Tell the future leader in your life to apply by April 1, 2025.
More info: https://buff.ly/4hJE73s
JWA's new Online History Course on "Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Global Jewish Experience" starts this Thursday! Please join us!
Our next Online History Course on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Global Jewish Experience starts this week!
Up first: Thursday, February 13, 12 PM ET—Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah, Jewish Women and Modernity in Turn-of-the-Century Baghdad
Register: https://buff.ly/4hmUwe6
Up first: Thursday, February 13, 12 PM ET—Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah, Jewish Women and Modernity in Turn-of-the-Century Baghdad
Register: https://buff.ly/4hmUwe6
February 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
JWA's new Online History Course on "Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Global Jewish Experience" starts this Thursday! Please join us!
On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, read JWA's new interview with Heather Dune Macadam, director of the new film "999: The Forgotten Girls" (screening in DC today, if you're in the DC area):
Q & A with Heather Dune Macadam, Director of "999: The Forgotten Girls" | Jewish Women's Archive
JWA talks with Heather Dune Macadam, director of 999: The Forgotten Girls, a new documentary that tells the story of the young women who made up the first transport of Jews to Auschwitz.
jwa.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, read JWA's new interview with Heather Dune Macadam, director of the new film "999: The Forgotten Girls" (screening in DC today, if you're in the DC area):
Important words from Deborah Lipstadt, former special envoy to combat antisemitism: "As the new administration begins and I leave this position, I have come to see, more clearly, that this oft-debated left/right question — that is, which side is worse — often serves as a political smoke screen."
Opinion | Biden Tasked Me With Fighting Antisemitism. Here’s What I’ve Found. (Gift Article)
Calling out the other side for it is often a political smoke screen.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Important words from Deborah Lipstadt, former special envoy to combat antisemitism: "As the new administration begins and I leave this position, I have come to see, more clearly, that this oft-debated left/right question — that is, which side is worse — often serves as a political smoke screen."
Let us know who else should be included in this Jewish feminist starter pack!
We made a Jewish feminist starter pack for our great new community here! Who should we add?
go.bsky.app/MNtodjs
go.bsky.app/MNtodjs
January 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Let us know who else should be included in this Jewish feminist starter pack!
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JWA's first online history course of 2025 has officially arrived! ✨ Join us Thursdays at 12 PM from Feb 13 - Mar 6 for Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Global Jewish Experience.
Register: https://buff.ly/3CkgBuw
Register: https://buff.ly/3CkgBuw
January 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
JWA's first online history course of 2025 has officially arrived! ✨ Join us Thursdays at 12 PM from Feb 13 - Mar 6 for Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Global Jewish Experience.
Register: https://buff.ly/3CkgBuw
Register: https://buff.ly/3CkgBuw
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JWA Book Talks return this week! 📚
Join us Thur, Jan 16, 8 PM ET with Anya Liftig, author of "Holler Rat: A Memoir."
A funny, vivid, and heartbreaking memoir about forging identity in the chasm between cultures and classes.
Register: https://buff.ly/429AW02
Join us Thur, Jan 16, 8 PM ET with Anya Liftig, author of "Holler Rat: A Memoir."
A funny, vivid, and heartbreaking memoir about forging identity in the chasm between cultures and classes.
Register: https://buff.ly/429AW02
January 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
JWA Book Talks return this week! 📚
Join us Thur, Jan 16, 8 PM ET with Anya Liftig, author of "Holler Rat: A Memoir."
A funny, vivid, and heartbreaking memoir about forging identity in the chasm between cultures and classes.
Register: https://buff.ly/429AW02
Join us Thur, Jan 16, 8 PM ET with Anya Liftig, author of "Holler Rat: A Memoir."
A funny, vivid, and heartbreaking memoir about forging identity in the chasm between cultures and classes.
Register: https://buff.ly/429AW02
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"My husband and I started Tikvah Chadasha Uganda because we realized that impoverished women and the disabled were the most underserved members of society. We work primarily with members of the Jewish community of Uganda."
JWA chats with Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba:
JWA chats with Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba:
7 Questions For Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba | Jewish Women's Archive
JWA chats with Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba, writer and founder of Tikvah Chadasha Uganda.
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January 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"My husband and I started Tikvah Chadasha Uganda because we realized that impoverished women and the disabled were the most underserved members of society. We work primarily with members of the Jewish community of Uganda."
JWA chats with Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba:
JWA chats with Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba:
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JWA's Winter 2025 Book Picks are here!
Dive into feminist speculative fiction, an intergenerational Mizrahi saga, an exposé on maternal healthcare, and inspiring stories of Jewish women trailblazers past and present.
Grab tea (or wine—we won’t judge) and explore our list: buff.ly/3B4hdUF
Dive into feminist speculative fiction, an intergenerational Mizrahi saga, an exposé on maternal healthcare, and inspiring stories of Jewish women trailblazers past and present.
Grab tea (or wine—we won’t judge) and explore our list: buff.ly/3B4hdUF
December 3, 2024 at 3:53 PM
JWA's Winter 2025 Book Picks are here!
Dive into feminist speculative fiction, an intergenerational Mizrahi saga, an exposé on maternal healthcare, and inspiring stories of Jewish women trailblazers past and present.
Grab tea (or wine—we won’t judge) and explore our list: buff.ly/3B4hdUF
Dive into feminist speculative fiction, an intergenerational Mizrahi saga, an exposé on maternal healthcare, and inspiring stories of Jewish women trailblazers past and present.
Grab tea (or wine—we won’t judge) and explore our list: buff.ly/3B4hdUF
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JWA's Online History Course: Jewish Women's Protest in the U.S. continues Thursday, Nov 21, at 8 PM ET with Annelise Orleck to explore Jewish Women and Labor Activism.
More info and register: https://buff.ly/4ezIcVN
More info and register: https://buff.ly/4ezIcVN
November 19, 2024 at 3:24 PM
JWA's Online History Course: Jewish Women's Protest in the U.S. continues Thursday, Nov 21, at 8 PM ET with Annelise Orleck to explore Jewish Women and Labor Activism.
More info and register: https://buff.ly/4ezIcVN
More info and register: https://buff.ly/4ezIcVN
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Charlotte Charlaque became one of the first transgender women to receive gender-affirmative surgery at the Institute in the 1930s and helped other transgender patients at the institute.
Read more about Charlaque in our new encyclopedia entry: https://buff.ly/3UU5mzj
Read more about Charlaque in our new encyclopedia entry: https://buff.ly/3UU5mzj
November 18, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Charlotte Charlaque became one of the first transgender women to receive gender-affirmative surgery at the Institute in the 1930s and helped other transgender patients at the institute.
Read more about Charlaque in our new encyclopedia entry: https://buff.ly/3UU5mzj
Read more about Charlaque in our new encyclopedia entry: https://buff.ly/3UU5mzj
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Are you a Jewish woman or gender-expansive person of color* looking to build momentum in your writing career? JWA is accepting applications for the inaugural Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color!
Learn more and apply: https://buff.ly/4fr6oei
Learn more and apply: https://buff.ly/4fr6oei
November 15, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Are you a Jewish woman or gender-expansive person of color* looking to build momentum in your writing career? JWA is accepting applications for the inaugural Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color!
Learn more and apply: https://buff.ly/4fr6oei
Learn more and apply: https://buff.ly/4fr6oei