The Thoroughly Modern Women of the Wiener Werkstätte
The Wiener Werkstätte existed in a delicate ecosystem with catastrophe looming in the background.
Leading Prayer in a Feminine Key
At the conclusion of the holiday, a member of the community wrote to me: “Our society needs leaders who are willing to share emotion and vulnerability. We must not be Sparta.”
Letty Cottin Pogrebin on Gloria Steinem: ‘She Was My Role Model’
"I really loved her, and I tried to model myself after her, her decency and her clarity and her dignity and humor. She was not only my friend and colleague, she was my role model."
My Gloria Steinem Moment
It was one of her superpowers: the keen ability to disarm while fighting for what’s right.
From 1975 | A Song for Women in Five Questions
Thus, coming late into feminism, Jewish women were advantaged by the fact that many Jewish men had already achieved a raised consciousness, had returned to a Jewish ethnic base and had become interested in the spiritual side of life, even insofar as they might be willing to alter a form for the sake of a more perfect substance.
Book Review | Love and Fear Drove a Dogged TV Pioneer
This fascinating, dense and lengthy volume, sets Barbara Walters’s life in context with detailed descriptions of the world in which she maneuvered and the contradiction between her public and private personas.
Seven Modern Additions to the Seder Plate
In recent years, a number of new Passover items have been adopted—or at least proposed—to include in and around the traditional seder plate.
‘Deeply Rooted’—Pursuing Reproductive Justice Through Art
“I’ve integrated prayer into these amulets and made them to resemble a pill box, evoking birth control,” says Charlie Schrön. The multimedia exhibition of work by 21 female artists is a powerful rejoinder to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last spring.
From the Newsletter | The Brilliant and Formidable Alice Shalvi
When she died on October 2 at age 96, Alice Shalvi left behind scores of mourning family members and friends in Israel and abroad, hundreds...
Book Review | From Half a Line to Hebrew Heroine
Feldman not only recovers these female characters but brings together the traditional rabbinic commentaries on these marginal or marginalized women.
The Debate over Dianne Feinstein
We can all hope that Senator Feinstein is able to draw on the strength of her Judaism and proceed on her life’s path with dignity, mindful of her incumbent duty.
From the Newsletter | Let’s Make Hanukkah a Time to Remember Great Women
Returning the women of the Hanukkah story to the spotlight.