Jen Richler

JWA talks to Beth Lane, director of the documentary UnBroken, which traces the extraordinary journey of seven siblings, including her own mother, who escaped Nazi Germany as children.

JWA chats with Barbara Rosenblit and Sheila Miller, the creators of Artful Disclosure, a program that honors the ordinary and extraordinary lives of Jewish women through visual storytelling. 

JWA talks with Heather Dune Macadam, director of 999: The Forgotten Girls, a new documentary that tells the story of the young women who made up the first transport of Jews to Auschwitz.

JWA talks to Israeli artist Andi Arnovitz about her new (JWA-inspired!) piece, What We Bring, currently on display at the Jerusalem Biennale. 

JWA chats with filmmaker Allison Norlian about her new short film Thirteen, which tells the story of a mother fighting for her disabled daughter's right to have a bat mitzvah. 

JWA talks to author, speaker, and writer/producer Marra Gad. 

JWA chats with Sarah Meital Benjamin about her new short film Arava, which tells the story of two teenage best friends traveling through small-town Israel in search of redemption.

JWA talks to Marisa Scheinfeld, founder and director of the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project. 

JWA talks to Susan Chevlowe, curator of a new exhibition of photographs by Jill Freedman that documents the destruction and resurgence of Jewish life after the Holocaust.

JWA speaks with April Baskin, an organizer and founding director of Joyous Justice.

Our new series 7 Questions For... debuts with Black Jewish actor/singer/songwriter Tatiana Wecshler. 

The pieces our readers flocked to in 2022 covered a wide range of topics, from pop culture to Talmud to being Black and Jewish. 

JWA talks to Ennis Bashe about how their different identities intersect, and what they want every disabled and able-bodied person to know.

JWA talks to artist Riva Lehrer about her recent memoir, Golem Girl, and the way her disabled, queer, and Jewish identities intersect.