Media Coverage
Selected Press Mentions, 2008
Profile: Gail Reimer
Hadassah Magazine, February 2008, by Deborah Fineblum Raub
"This professor-turned-archivist is determined to make strong Jewish women a thing of the past, present and future."
The Rise and Fall--and Rise--of "Jewess"
, Nextbook, May 14, 2008, by Daniel Krieger
"'The exoticism was part of the way in which Americans in the early nineteenth-century thought about Jews, and it especially applied to Jewish women,' says Karla Goldman, historian in residence at the Jewish Women's Archive…."
Jewish American Heritage Month
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Making Trouble
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Online Press Mentions, 2007
Making Trouble
Featured Coverage
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Chronological
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This Week in History
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Jewish American Heritage Month
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Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution
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Jewesses With Attitude
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In Our Own Voices
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Katrina's Jewish Voices
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Selected press, 2005 and earlier
"EAST VILLAGE MAMELE: Funny Ladies"
The Forward, March 25, 2005 by Marjorie Ingall
"So I had an evening out, for the first time since Maxine's birth. I
attended "So Laugh a Little," an evening of Jewish women's comedy benefiting
the Jewish Women's Archive (jwa.org), an organization that supports
research, fosters chick-power activism, and creates curricula about American
Jewish women in history and today. ...Some of that diversity is showcased in
Joan Micklin Silver's forthcoming documentary, "Only Faster," clips of which
were screened at the benefit. It profiles six legendary Jewish comedians:
Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice, Molly Picon, Judy Holliday, Madeline Kahn and
Gilda Radner."
So Laugh A Little [download PDF, 2.2MB]
"Out & About with A.L. Gordon" in The New York Sun, March 15, 2005
"Laughter rippled through the crowd easily and often at Monday's Jewish Women's Archive gala, 'So Laugh A Little: An Evening of of Jewish Women's Comedy.' More than 650 guests gathered at the Copacabana for a lineup of female entertainers."
"Change Agent For Women"
The Jewish Week (New York), March 18, 2005 by Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Honoring Barbara Dobkin, it was clear from the start that the Jewish Women's
Archive benefit couldn't be your typical rubber-chicken dinner.
No, the sold-out fund raiser at the Copacabana nightclub Monday night was as
cheeky as its honoree.
Profile: Barbara Dobkin
New York Newsday, March 15, 2005 by Sheila McKenna
"If girls don't have role models, they can't begin to imagine the
possibilities for themselves. And while there are role models, there are not
enough, in my mind, in the Jewish community. I also believe that if boys and
girls learn about what women have, and are, contributing to the Jewish
community that ... stereotyping ... will stop. It's all about building
respect and raising awareness."
"Daring Doers Honored"
The Chicago Tribune, November 3, 2004, by Beth Kanter
"An elevator ride 13 years ago changed Marion Stone's life and, as a result, the lives of thousands of Chicago Public School students. That morning Stone bumped into neighbor Joanne Alter, who was on her way to tutor at Byrd Community Academy on the Near North Side....Stone and Alter are two of the four local individuals being honored with the Jewish Women Who Dared award and whose stories are the subject of an online exhibit [at www.jwa.org], featuring Jewish women across the country."
"Now, remembering the Jewish women"
The Boston Globe, September 12, 2004, by Valerie Conners
"Their accomplishment are grand, their stories largely untold: A Nobel Prize-winning scientist. An Olympic gold medal track star. A labor reform and civil rights activists. A participant in the creation of Israel. They are all Jewish women, and thus month, as the 350th anniversary of Jews' arrival in America is commemorated across the country, their stories will be part of the celebration, thanks in part to the Brookline-based Jewish Women's Archive."
"Web Site Reviews"
The Journal of American History, published by the Organization of American Historians, September 2004, by Marjorie N. Feld
"The site is easily navigable and uses various media, including video and audio clips. Materials on many of the women featured on it can be found in multiple sections, connected by internal links....The JWA's growth--perhaps especially the growth of the Virtual Archive--promises scholars a wealth of material to study these crucial questions. As it integrates women of increasingly diverse backgrounds and pioneers new ways to study Jewish women using the Web, all of its audiences will benefit."
"History Lesson"
Baltimore Jewish Times, June 18, 2004, by Joel N. Shurkin
"The next time the American Jewish community celebrates its anniversary in the United States -- which happens this year -- it needs to do a better job than its predecessors, according to a historian. Not forgetting the role of Jewish women would be a start, says Dr. Karla Goldman, historian-in-residence at the Jewish Women's Archive in Massachusetts."
"Anniversary events honor Jewish women's place in history"
Fort Worth, Texas Star-Telegram, May 8, 2004, by Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Religion News Service
"By the year 1880, there was only one house in Santa Fe, N.M., that could boast running water and gas appliances. The house belonged to Flora Spiegelberg, a German-born Jewish pioneer woman who traveled across America to settle with her husband in Santa Fe. She is one of many women whose lives might otherwise be forgotten if not for the Jewish Women's Archive."
"Legacy of Women"
The Forward, April 16, 2004, by Sarah Kricheff
"Within every human being there is a universe, a lifetime of stories, people and ideas. When these stories are left untold, as often happens, they are irrevocably lost....The [Weaving Women's Words: Baltimore Stories] exhibit, presented, developed and curated by the Jewish Women's Archive, arose from the JWA's initiative to preserve the voices and histories off American Jewish women."
"Family Treasures Hold Kosher America's Roots"
The New York Times, March 31, 2004, by Joan Nathan
"'We are attempting to discover the extraordinary in ordinary women's lives,' said Gail Twersky Reimer, director of the Jewish Women's Archive...."
"Making art from the stuff of memories"
The Baltimore Sun, March 28, 2004, by Stephanie Shapiro
"Neither one medium nor one dimension can contain the lives depicted in [the Jewish Women's Archive's exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Maryland,] Weaving Women's Words: Baltimore Stories. ...In disparate pieces, the artists, all Jewish women themselves, are united by a profound sense of empathy with their subjects, most of whom they have never met."
"Celebrating 350"
Bnai Brith magazine, Spring 2004, by Gabrielle Birkner
"'Women have had a large role in Jewish institution-building in America,' says Hollace Weiner, a Fort Worth, Texas-based JWA [Jewish Women's Archive] research fellow. 'It's important that we acknowledge that they've done more than just pour coffee at oneg Shabbat.'"
"A young profile in courage: Student works to end violence"
Boston Sunday Globe, March 7, 2004, by Cate Coulacos Prato
"It takes courage to remove yourself from a domestic abuse situation, especially when you're a teenager. But to then take your message public to help others in your community -- that deserves an award. Clark University student Rebecca Chernin, 19, received a Women Who Dared award last week from the Jewish Women's Archive of Brookline."
"Women of Valor: Emma Goldman, 1869-1940"
Public History Resource Center, January 5, 2004, by Lauren Kata
"This site clearly has the potential to appeal to educators and students: as the site exists right now, especially with the timeline and bibliography, it is an excellent resource that teachers and students may find extremely useful."
