Link Roundup

• Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is renaming their School of Sacred Music in memory of Debbie Friedman. It will now called The Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music.

• Miss Massachusetts Loren Galler Rabinowitz did not win the Miss America pageant, but that doesn't mean we we can't talk about it. Ms. Magazine wonders why we haven't been protesting the pageant, while The Daily Femme takes issue with the fact that the winner, Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlan, is too young to drink - or even vote.

Oy, what a week.  Here's what we missed:

• "The Year in Jewish Sports" article does not mention a single Jewish woman athlete from 2010.  [NJJN] I remember the Olympic debut of Laura Spector in 2010. Can you think of any others?

Last year, as we closed out the first decade of the new millennium, I put together a massive link roundup of the milestones made by Jewish women over the past 10 years, the decade in Jewish women's history. True to form, Jewish women made 2010 their own, kicking off the second decade of the millennium by making headlines, breaking ceilings, and making their voices heard.

I am one of those retrospective people who loves to reflect and analyze the events of the past 12 months at the end of each calendar year.

• Barbra Streisand discusses her new book on Larry King Live; thinks misogyny is "annoying." [Jezebel]

• Former JWA employee, Kate Goldwater, started a clothing boutique where the clothes and accessories are used or designed by Kate from recycled fabrics and materials. She was recently featured in Feministing's Young Feminist Enterpreneur Spotlight.

Happy Hanukkah!

• Alina Treiger is the first Jewish woman to be ordained in Germany since WWII.

• 13 of 20 National Book Award finalists are women!