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Encyclopedia Highlight: Madame Goldye Steiner

Encyclopedia Highlight:
Madame Goldye Steiner

Read about first known African-American woman singer of Ashkenazi liturgical music.

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by Emma Breitman

Dr. Natalia Romik is a public historian, architect, and artist whose recent exhibition Plague Crystals opened at the Koffler Gallery in Toronto, ON, on June, 25

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JWA spoke to Amy Horowitz, an award-winning photographer known for street photography. Last year, she published her book called A Walk in the Park?

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Jewish Values And Artificial Intelligence

by Zia Saylor

 How can AI be considered through a Jewish lens, and with Jewish values in mind?

Fight Like A Girl Protest Sign

Rethinking My Position In the Jewish Community

by Marlo Dabareiner

As I read my classmate’s message to me, I was reminded of the same debate that I had been having in my head about what feminism should or shouldn’t look like.

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