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This new online curriculum uses primary sources to explore the role of American Jews in the Civil Rights and Labor Movements. Educators working in both formal and informal settings can use the materials in their entirety or choose individual lessons to teach.

Discover, explore, and share the rich history of Jewish women

Meet “Bulletproof Stockings” and “Yiddish Princess”

Today we feature female American Jewish musicians who aren’t softly crooning classic Hebrew folk songs, traditional prayers...

May 26, 1910

Political trailblazer Belle Moskowitz wins passage of bill regulating NY dance halls

Belle Moskowitz, who became the most important female political activist of her day, passed a bill through the New York State Assembly requiring...

Olympisch Stadion, where women first competed in track and field

Amsterdam

Canadian Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld won an Olympic silver medal here in the 100-meter race on July 31, 1928. She was later...

Ruby Blue

Singer and Yoga Teacher

Given the Indian name of Neeladevi by her guru in the late l960s, she became Swami Neeladevananda at her investiture in Orleans, France in 2005....

Joyce Brothers

During a public career spanning more than forty years, Dr. Joyce Brothers made the unlikely journey from housewife to celebrity quiz show...

20th Century CE

USA