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• January 2012: Making Trouble, Making History
  Join us for JWA’s Annual Luncheon March 18 • 2012 Institute for Educators: Apply now! • Watch "Wednesdays in Mississippi" for Black History Month • This Week in History: Annie Leibovitz's first cover photograph for Rolling Stone, featuring John Lennon.
• December 2011: Top 10 Moments for Jewish Women in 2011
  The Top 10 Moments for Jewish Women in 2011 • JWA wishes you a Happy Hanukkah! • So, laugh a little! • This Week in History: Lyricist Betty Comden's first hit, "On the Town," opened on Broadway.
• November 2011: A vision for the Jewish Future
  JWA's vision for the Jewish future • JWA on the road in Philadelphia • Sharing, telling bat mitzvah stories •This Week in History: Clara Lemlich sparks the "Uprising of the 20,000."
• October 2011: Announcing the Natalia Twersky Educator Award!
  The Natalia Twersky Educator Award • JWA Selected for Community Action Partners Program • Contest: Can You Rename "History Makers?" •This Week in History: Gertrude Elion wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• September 2011: Now is the time to get involved
  March 18, 2012: Save the date! • The people who make it possible • #jwapedia returns! •This Week in History: Betty Robbins, the world's first female cantor, led Rosh Hashanah evening services at Temple Avodah of Oceanside, NY.
• July/August 2011: Staff picks for your summer reading pleasure
  Staff picks for summer reading on JWA.org • Stories from JWA's 2011 Institute for Educators • Remembering Myra Kraft •This Week in History: Union troops arrested Confederate spy Eugenia Levy Phillips.
• June 2011: Announcing "My Bat Mitzvah Story" website
  Announcing: MyBatMitzvahStory.org • Gail T. Reimer receives Benjamin J. Shevach Memorial Award • #jwapedia: Our favorite tweets •This Week in History: Ethel Rosenberg was executed alongside her husband
• May 2011: This JAHM, help us tweet the Encyclopedia
  #jwapedia: JWA tweets the Encyclopedia • Gail T. Reimer receives "Lives of Committment" Award • 50 years later: Learning from the Freedom Rides •This Week in History: Jewish women on the Lower East Side organized a massive boycott of the kosher beef industry
• April 2011: Why on this night do we include women's voices
  Including women's voices at Passover • Uncovering innovation, activism, and social change • Gail Twerskey Reimer wins Auburn Award •This Week in History: Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party" was acquired by the Brooklyn Museum
• March 2011: Commemorate the Triangle fire - take the online walking tour!
  Take JWA's new online walking tour • Top 10 Jewish women in the early labor movement • Namesake: Esther and the Purim story •This Week in History: Judith Kaplan celebrates the first American Bat Mitzvah ceremony
• February 2011: Meet Jewish Women Active in the Civil Rights Movement
  Jewish Women Active in the Civil Rights Movement • The Jewish Women Living the Legacy Award Winners • JWA Blog Series: Graphic Details •This Week in History: Betty Freidan publishes The Feminine Mystique.
• January 2011: A Sad Start to a New Year
  Remembering Debbie Friedman • Commemorating the Triangle Fire: 100 years • The #JWA100 •This Week in History: Author Judy Blume received lifetime achievement award.
• December 2010: Jewish Women light up December
  Raising Up the Light! • JWA has new resources for MLK Day • Brighten your winter: Watch Making Trouble •This Week in History: Dr. Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori became the first American woman to receive a Nobel Prize in science.
• November 2010: JWA launches civil rights curriculum!
  JWA launches the Living the Legacy civil rights curriculum! • Mazel tov Barbara Dobkin: Donor of the Week! • Put Jewish women in politics "On the Map" This Week in History: Radical dance pioneer Anna Sokolow debuts on Broadway
• October 2010: Women at the Vanguard
  Mazel Tov, Nancy Kaufman! • So Let it be Written – by Women! • We Remember Those the New York Times Won't This Week in History: Gertrude Elion was awarded the Nobel Prize
• September 2010: News for the New Year
  Looking Back and Moving Forward • Meet Elizabeth Imber, JWA intern • Happy 99th Birthday, Ruth Gruber! This Week in History: Jewish Women Watching declare "Sexism is a sin."
• July/August 2010: Summertime and "Living the Legacy" is easy with JWA
  Institute for Educators a Smashing Success! • Meet Our Summer Interns • Introducing "Eating Jewish" This Week in History: Ruth Bader Ginsburg joins the U.S. Supreme Court.
• June 2010: JWA goes to Washington
  Who are you proud of? Help honor Jewish women working for GLBT rights • JWA celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month in Washington D.C. • Thank you for telling your friends about JWA! This Week in History: Alysa Stanton became the world's first African-American female rabbi.
• May 2010: Spread the word about JWA during Jewish American Heritage Month
  JWA founding Chair Barbara Dobkin receives LEAD Award! • Tell your friends about JWA and enter to win an iPod Touch! • Participants Selected for 2010 Institute for Educators This Week in History: Jewish American Heritage Month
• April 2010: New ways to get involved
  JWA chosen for Library of Congress archive • On the Map: Discover new stories; add yours! • Celebrating Jewish Mothers This Week in History: Louise Nevelson stamps issued by U.S. Postal Service
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