'I first read Irena Klepfisz in 2021, as a Jewish Women’s Archive Rising Voices Fellow. I was writing a blog post about feeling rootless amidst a lack of knowledge about my familial history.'

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A Yemenite family gathered around the table during Shabbat, 1947. Photo by Zoltan Kluger.
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Tuesday! Join JWA virtually on April 16, at 8 PM ET for LET'S TALK: Gen-Z Jewish Feminism!

Hear from four alums of JWA’s teen Rising Voices Fellowship about their feminist Jewish journeys and the issues that are important to them today.

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'Movie-goers left screenings of the Barbie movie with a multitude of reactions. Some felt empowered to make change, others felt uncomfortable with the movie and with how it made them feel.' buff.ly/3JbJIQL

Photographer Nan Goldin fled a conventional Jewish middle-class home at the age of fourteen. Her pictures reveal intimacy, violence, and addiction in the punk scene of New York in the 1980s, a world subsequently devastated by AIDS.

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Nora Kaye's performance as Hagar in the world premiere of Antony Tudor's 'Pillar of Fire' #ThisWeekInHistory in 1942 launched her career as one of the world's prima ballerinas by combining technical perfection with the ability to convey complex emotions. buff.ly/4cMKQI7

'When I write Jewish music, I get to immerse myself in creating a Judaism for myself now, and something for those who come next.'

JWA chats with Jewish musician, educator, and activist Molly Bajgot: buff.ly/3JcQh5x

A distinguished judge of the New York City Family Court for 38 years, Justine Wise Polier pioneered the establishment of mental health, educational, and other rehabilitative services for troubled children. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1903.
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Me in my viewing glasses looking at the eclipse like

📷 Barbra Streisand on the set of 'On A Clear Day You Can See Forever,' 1970.

#NewtotheArchives : Born in Germany, in 1922, Julie Johanna Isner Engel dreamed of becoming an opera singer. However, after fleeing the Holocaust and settling in the United States in 1938, that dream proved impossible.

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Judy Heumann, a founder of the disability rights movement, was an acclaimed leader of the community.

#ThisWeekInHistory in 1977, Heumann led a protest that led to implementation of federal legislation for people with disabilities: buff.ly/3TvWqyr

Are you an educator who is passionate about Judaism, feminism, and history? Apply for JWA’s Twersky Education Fellowship!

🔸 September 2024 - June 2025
🔸 $6,000 stipend
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#NewtotheArchives : Ethiopian Jewish woman with garb and tapestry. Around 1980.

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📷 Courtesy of the American Association of Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ Archives Online).

Thanks to St. Louis Jewish Light for bringing their listeners our “Isle of Klezbos: Queer Klezmer” episode of the Jewish Women’s Archive “Can We Talk?” podcast - including AIDS activism & Yiddish Celluloid Closet overviews stljewishlight.org/arts-entertain… Jewish Women's Archive producer Jen Richler

How was the klezmer revival of the '70s and '80s connected to queer Jewish liberation?

In our new podcast ep, we hear about how queer activism fits into the klezmer revival story from Eve Sicular of Isle of Klezbos Eve Sicular

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'My love for the novel is due to the care that Roshani Chokshi took in writing a diverse cast of characters whose identities are important but aren’t their defining features.' buff.ly/3J4VU5y

Cover girl 😗 🫶 'The American Jewess' was the first English-language publication directed towards American Jewish women. It began production #ThisWeekInHistory in 1895.

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#TransgenderDayOfVisibility isn't making anyone trans.
It can just be lifesaving for those who are trans 🏳️‍⚧️

Judy Holliday received an Academy Award #ThisWeekInHistory in 1951 for her performance as Billie Dawn in 'Born Yesterday.'

Holliday played the ex-showgirl girlfriend of a corrupt tycoon who manages to overturn his plot to corrupt the government. buff.ly/3PC46hC