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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 11h

JWA's Online History Course OUTLAWS kicks off this week! Join us with Debby Applegate to explore the life of madam Polly Adler. 🗓️ Thursday, Oct 8, 8 PM ET 📍 Virtual Register: buff.ly/1nJ90ns

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yemenite Jewish woman lighting Shabbat candles, 1950s. Shabbat shalom 🕯️ 🕯️

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Adina Sash uses controversial methods to fight for agunot, women trapped in their marriages because their husbands refuse to grant them a get (Jewish divorce). In our new podcast episode, Adina explains why she sees get refusal as a form of domestic abuse, and what needs to change: buff.ly/mWF99Q7

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Madison Safer's newest children's book "Garlic Eaters," published on September 22, follows the story of a Yiddish-speaking family forced out of their garlic-bulb house and into a world that isn’t sure what to make of them: buff.ly/7R8YwBi

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

JWA Book Talks continue on Thursday, Oct 1, 8 PM ET! Join us with Portia Elan, author of "Homebound." This tender, inventive novel follows four women, connected across centuries, as they expand the possibilities of what home and family can be. Register:https://buff.ly/HKy14zU

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you know that breastfeeding comes up repeatedly in rabbinic literature? As the only kosher product of the human body, breastmilk represents an anomaly of sorts in rabbinic texts. Read more: buff.ly/Eo9HrLo

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Sukkot/Sukes, which commemorates our forty years of wandering in the desert, is a particularly fitting holiday to use to explore doikayt:" buff.ly/VM2eqL5

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Not only do we have an *excellent* podcast, we also have several Podcast Discussion Guides for all-age learners to explore Jewish women’s and gender expansive people's contributions to religion and culture. Explore our Guide for podcast episode "The Femme Fatale in the Sukkah:" buff.ly/InhYMj0

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

JWA Book Talks continue Thursday, Sep 24, 8 PM ET! Join us with Gabrielle Sher, author of "Odessa." In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turns to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave. Register: buff.ly/HKy14zU

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

OUTLAWS. Join JWA Thursdays in October at 8 PM ET to explore Jewish women who defied laws of all kinds. From holy figures to brothel keepers, these figures raise questions about who breaks the law, and why, and what that tells us about individuals and the worlds they live in: buff.ly/XtONEdW

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"I find myself thinking about what forgiveness means and can look like during the era of the internet, in which wrongdoings are preserved in human history and captured without fading, a practice that is particularly punitive towards women who become vilified in online spaces:" buff.ly/KcbHxH4

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lauren Bacall's characters didn’t need to be saved by the leading man, they could take care of themselves just fine. Happy birthday queen. 👑 buff.ly/kcuIIyb

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

JWA Book Talks return this Thursday, Sep 17, at 8 PM ET! Join us with Daniela Gerson, author of "The Wanderers: A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II." Register here: buff.ly/YL4Fsct

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As we approach the new year, we invite you to ground yourself in the rich legacy of Jewish women’s strength, flexibility, and resilience. Shana tova from JWA 💙 📷 Yiddish actress and Holocaust survivor Chayela Rosenthal, 1965. From our new encyclopedia entry.

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In this special podcast episode, JWA's CEO Judith Rosenbaum remembers her lunch date with Gloria Steinem 21 years ago, the feminist legacy of Gloria's grandmother, and her affirmation that she "threw her lot in" with the Jewish people: buff.ly/ICK6Pit

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Pregnancy, birth, and parenting themes are woven into the symbols of Rosh Hashanah, and they feel more personally resonant than ever." —Lucy Marshall reflects on A New View on the New Year: Rosh Hashanah Birth Wisdom: buff.ly/Im7gUgy

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Please join us in welcoming our 2026-2027 Twersky Fellow Hannah Karpel-Pomerantz! JWA's Twersky Education Fellowship is designed for educators who are passionate about integrating the histories and stories of Jewish women and gender-expansive individuals into mainstream educational settings.

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” Today, we mourn Gloria Steinem - writer, organizer, and feminist icon whose work helped transform the possibilities of American life. May her memory be for a revolution. Read more: buff.ly/V45ULTK

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Rosa Blumenfeld-Romero, the founder of Reclaiming Indigeneity and Casa Romero, explores her Indigenous Muisca roots as someone raised Colombian and Jewish. Drawing on the "coming hom" framework learned from Native elders, she teaches others to undo the effects of assimilation: buff.ly/MIQGf03

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Femme Juive Syrienne (Syrian Jewish Woman), c. 1870s - 1880s. #FromTheArchives 📷 by Félix Bonfils. buff.ly/krD18El

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Shulamith Firestone’s "The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution" (1970) was a widely discussed book of the second wave feminist movement, developing an analysis of women’s oppression that was inclusive of class and race. She died this week in history in 2012: buff.ly/pqeqcUM

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A leading figure in the feminist movement of women scientists in Germany in the first three decades of the twentieth century and an outstanding bacteriologist, Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner was a pioneer among scientists: buff.ly/f5KQNLz

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Born this week in 1906, Tunisian-Jewish actress and filmmaker Haydée Chikly Tamzali helped lay the groundwork for Arabic and African cinema. Haydée worked alongside her father, filmmaker Albert Samama Chikly, to write and star in Zohra (1922), the first fiction Tunisian film: buff.ly/VX3exgT

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Lilith, a play by Adina Aaron and directed by Samantha Ozeas, adds layers of complexity, dignity, and affection to her story. The production, which runs at The Tank in NYC from August 7-22, explores sexual politics and spiritual conflict in an Eden full of wonder, anger, and longing: buff.ly/lGhGOin

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"'Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir' by Shulamit Reinharz is a blessing. Instead of being overwhelmed with the feeling of powerlessness, reading this book gave me so much personal power because it’s all about survival and resistance." —Review by Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba: buff.ly/2WYkC5B

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Fall Book Talks are hereeee! Join us Thursdays, Sep 17 - Oct 1, at 8 PM with our upcoming authors: 🔹 Sep 17: Daniela Gerson, The Wanderers 🔹Sep 24: Gabrielle Sher, Odessa 🔹Oct 1: Portia Elan, Homebound Register at jwa.org/events.

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Happy birthday to the mononymous painter Gluck, born on this day in 1895. Gluck earned critical acclaim in the 1920s-30s for an individualist style and eclectic subject matter, rejecting constraints of a conservative upbringing and refusing public association with any movement. buff.ly/z22phmP

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Photograph of Jews hiding in the forest after escaping ghettos and concentration camps. Near Lenin, Poland, 1943. Image by Faye Schulman. Schulman devoted her life to ensuring that the world understood that Jews resisted Nazis, challenging misconceptions about passivity: buff.ly/SBOTRbK

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Remembering gender-bending actress Adah Isaacs Menken (June 15 1835–August 10 1868) 🕯️ Menken achieved fame for her starring role in Mazeppa, where she played a role written for a man. In her short but remarkable life, she was legendary for her defiance of convention. buff.ly/MvQuW8e

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Before there was Elmo, there was Lamb Chop. Shari Lewis was a beloved ventriloquist, writer, and television pioneer who redefined children's entertainment. We remember her on her yahrzeit this week 🕯️ buff.ly/7gJ8IM4

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Nita and Zita (aka the Gellert Sisters) rose to stardom in the 1920s before becoming legendary New Orleans eccentrics. Their lives challenge Jewish and gender norms while illuminating a rarely told chapter of American history: the world of burlesque dancers and outsider artists: buff.ly/0oO9pog

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"Pregnancy and birth helped me reconnect with my creativity, and I experienced a lot of healing through my own artmaking and interactions with Jewish art and ritual." Lucy Marshall is the creator of Me’ugelet, a new Jewish journal about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum: buff.ly/C3egwiF

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We're in the thick of summer, so we're talking about (what else?) camp! In this special summer episode of our podcast, we speak with Shai Korman about The Floaters, a new movie set at a Jewish summer camp, and how the film fit—or didn't—with their camp experiences. Listen: buff.ly/6ZW2D65

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Happy birthday Theda Bara, goth queen of my dreams. Bara was an icon of sensuality and the exotic during the silent film era. Between 1915 and 1919, she starred in over forty films. Read more: buff.ly/dipsieJ

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

“I want people to know that there was resistance. Jews did not go like sheep to the slaughter. I was a photographer. I have pictures. I have proof.”—Faye Schulman Few individuals left behind such powerful visual evidence of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust as Faye Schulman: buff.ly/5WCyEBT

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We're hiring 💙 The Chief Development Officer plays a core role in JWA’s success, leading our development efforts. Salary: $130-150k. Boston / NYC preferred, open to remote applications. Full posting: buff.ly/cWWV8o6

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

As we celebrate USA at 250, we honor Jewish women who shaped policy: 🔹 Bella Abzug: fought to pass Equal Rights Amendment 🔹 Ernestine Rose: central to women’s rights & anti-slavery 🔹 Elizabeth Glaser: created Pediatric AIDS Foundation 🔹 Rita Schwerner Bender: turned tragedy to civil rights advocacy

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Isabelle Choko learned to play chess in the Lodz Ghetto. She was deported to Auschwitz, then Bergen-Belsen. Following liberation, she resettled in France. She went on to win the French Women’s Chess Championship in 1956. Thinking of her on National Chess Day. buff.ly/JgYBGhk

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Postcard labeled “Yemenite Artistic Plaiting,” Tel Aviv, c. 1960s–1980s. #NewToTheArchives 📷 Gross Family Collection (GFC)

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Else Berg was an Eastern European-born Jewish modernist artist. Berg resisted a fixed artistic identity, drawing on her travel, spirituality, and expressive color to shape her work. Long overlooked, her work has since been rediscovered. Read more in our new encyclopedia article: buff.ly/lMowG9c

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Rabbi Tsipora Gabai is the first Moroccan woman to date to be ordained as a rabbi in 2003. Read more in our new encyclopedia entry: buff.ly/t5UowAg

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"I felt that it was necessary to look again at the material traces of Jewish survival—not only as historical evidence, but also as forms of knowledge, imagination, and resistance." Natalia Romik's exhibition Plague Crystals is on view at Koffler Gallery through September 6:

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Dr. Natalia Romik is a public historian, architect, and artist whose recent exhibition Plague Crystals opened at the Koffler Gallery in Toronto, ON, on June, 25

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Mascha Kaléko’s writing explores life in pre-war Germany. It deals with social injustice and the working class. After her poems were banned by the Nazis, they were hand-copied and circulated in secret. buff.ly/lShfi1O

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Mah Jongg in the pool sounds like the ideal way to spend this holiday weekend. Long played in China, Mah Jongg fever struck America in the 20s. The general population lost interest during the Great Depression, but Jewish women have held on to the game for nearly a century. 📷 Library of Congress

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

DEADLINE APPROACHING: JWA's Pomegranate Writing Fellowship, a program for Jewish women of color and racially and ethnically diverse Jewish women, is now accepting applications for 2026. Apply by July 12: buff.ly/Apu3FeX

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thinking of dancer Yardena Cohen on her birthday today. Cohen, born in 1910 in Palestine, rejected the style of her European dance teachers, instead incorporating Sephardic music and biblical themes into her dances. 📷 Yardena Cohen dances her solo “The Mourner” (1937). buff.ly/xlPzYj5

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

As Pride Month wraps up, we're highlighting Roza Van Gelderen and Hilda Purwitsky, a rare example of an openly same-sex couple in Cape Town’s conservative Jewish community in the 1920s: buff.ly/ilW51Ty

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Eva Kotchever founded Eve’s Hangout, one of Greenwich Village’s earliest lesbian spaces, and published "Lesbian Love" when queer lives were pushed to the margins. Arrested, deported, and murdered at Auschwitz, her story is a reminder that Pride is built on generations of courage. buff.ly/mBjioFa

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In our latest podcast episode of Can We Talk?, Jen Richler, Nahanni Rous, and Judith Rosenbaum recap the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 podcast seasons, revisiting episodes about a Jewish woman in a Japanese internment camp, America’s first TV mom, a Tel Aviv–Ramallah romance, and more.

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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

IKYMI: JWA's Pomegranate Writing Fellowship, a program for Jewish women of color and racially and ethnically diverse Jewish women, is now accepting applications for 2026! More info: buff.ly/7WKqnGZ

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