Sixty-seven years ago today, Bess Myerson was crowned Miss America, the only Jewish woman ever to b
Deborah Fineblum Raub
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There’s a spot in the morning Shacharis service that reminds us that honey can’t be added to any offering.
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Tell me that you’re surprised.
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The summer’s whizzed by and so has JWA’s fiscal year (which ends September 30th). As that date approaches, we’ve been taking a hard look at the numbers.
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More than half a century after the August day in 1944 when Ruth Gruber coaxed reluctant refugees off the bus—told they would be taken to the sho
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On August 22, 1893, a child was born who would make the world a decidedly wittier place.
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What if you were promised you would never have another BHD (Bad Hair Day)? What’s more, what if you never again had to wonder if your roots are showing?
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Amid all the grandboys with their Tonka trucks, their Thomas the Tanks, and their Transformers, a tiny but distinctly female presence dropped into our lives six days ago.
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Pregnant women take note: There’s something about the name “Emma” that turns a girl into a prizefighter swinging her fists for human––often specifically women’s&
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In 1878, Naphtali Herz Imber, an English poet originally from current-day Ukraine, paid tribute to the dream of a Jewish homeland.

