Jewish Life December 2, 2021 From the Archive: Amulet for the Protection of Pregnant Women and Newborn Children Deborah Dash Moore and Dory Fox The Posen Library shares an eighteenth century amulet to protect pregnant women and newborn children. Topics: Jewish History, Bible, Spirituality and Religious Life December 2, 2021 Bringing My Judaism Into the Light Brandi Larsen Standing five feet tall, it’s a nod to my late father—go big or go home. Topics: Hanukkah, Spirituality and Religious Life, Antisemitism December 1, 2021 "Jewish Enough": Hanukkah for a Small Town Interfaith Teen Abigail Gilman For most of my life, I’ve felt like I’m not Jewish enough. Topics: Hanukkah, Jewish Education November 23, 2021 Libby Stein-Torres joins a growing pantheon of Jewish female cartoon characters Ariel Finkle The Ghost and Molly McGee is about to air a Hanukkah episode, and I’m kvelling. Topics: Television, Spirituality and Religious Life, Hanukkah November 18, 2021 Love Your Crockpot? You Have Cholent to Thank for its Existence. Savoy Curry Without cholent, the crockpot might never have been invented. Topics: Recipes, Food Writing, Ritual, Feminism November 17, 2021 A Young Feminist's Siddur Elle Rosenfeld When I stared down at my siddur for the first time, the one I would come to memorize, I ran my pudgy fingers over the fiery red woman featured on its glossy cover. Topics: Feminism, Prayer November 15, 2021 Marking My Growth as a Feminist, Asian, and Jewish Woman with My Camp Shirts Maddie Nowack My camp shirts represent a timeline of my growth into a proud, strong Chinese and Jewish woman. Topics: Feminism, Spirituality and Religious Life, Summer Camps November 12, 2021 Jewish Feminists, History, and the HUC Report JWA Staff JWA responds to the recent report on the investigation into sexual misconduct at HUC. Topics: Women's Rights, LGBTQIA Rights, Feminism, Civil Rights, Judaism-Reform, Spirituality and Religious Life November 12, 2021 Growing My Identity and My Feminism Through Jewish Farming Lucy Waldorf The new movement of Jewish agricultural and regenerative farming has been at the center of my identity development. Topics: Community Organizing, Jewish Education, Food November 11, 2021 How a Celebrity Chef Helped Me Connect with My Mixed Heritage Marissa Wojcik Celebrity chef Molly Yeh inspired me to share my Jewish fusion recipes with the world. Topics: Food Writing, Holocaust, Television, Religion November 10, 2021 Wrapped in the Tallit of Jewish Matriarchs Amelia Posner-Hess My prayer shawl, which is titled “The Garden of Eden,” was designed specifically for Women of the Wall. Topics: Women's Rights, Ritual, Israel November 3, 2021 My Necklace is a Symbol of My Jewish-Chinese Feminist Identity Amanda Xinhui Malnik My jade chai necklace has become my most prized possession as a Jewish-Chinese feminist. Topics: Reproductive Rights, Spirituality and Religious Life, Fashion and Beauty November 2, 2021 Jewish Schools Aren't Making the Grade Rose Clubok If we want to engage young Jews, we need to rethink how we educate them. Topics: Schools, Jewish Education, Summer Camps, Israel, Zionism November 1, 2021 The Power of Jewish Community: From Synagogue Services to Zoom Phone-Banking Maddie Feldman To this day, I’m astounded by congregants’ enthusiasm as they hopped on weekly—and eventually daily—Zoom voter phone-banking sessions. Topics: Voting Rights, Jewish Education, Synagogues/Temples October 19, 2021 Writing a One-Woman Show Re-Connected Me with My Jewish Heritage Arielle Beth Klein Writing a play about being a bad Jew helped me become a better one. Topics: Performing Arts, Spirituality and Religious Life, Holocaust October 11, 2021 Reinventing Fashion: What’s Old Is New Again Mirushe "Mira" Zylali Fashioning my own dress in a traditional Ottoman style helped me reclaim my multilayered roots. Topics: Fashion and Beauty, Jewish History September 14, 2021 Breaking the Fast: Why I’m Choosing to Eat this Yom Kippur Larisa Klebe Not fasting on Yom Kippur can be rooted in a need to atone too. Topics: Food, Yom Kippur September 14, 2021 How To Mark A New Year Emily Barth Isler Author Emily Barth Isler discusses what it means to her to have her debut novel, AfterMath, launch on Rosh Hashanah. Topics: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Fiction August 16, 2021 Fighting Contemporary Antisemitism: From High School Textbooks to the Halls of the Capitol Rose Clubok Since discovering subtle antisemitism in my AP Government textbook, I haven’t read any of the assigned pages. Topics: Activism, Schools, Antisemitism July 26, 2021 Commercial Femininity: A Jewish Reckoning with Victoria's Secret's Legacy Goldi Lieberperson Growing up, Victoria's Secret models represented my default (and only) view of femininity and what it means to be an adult woman. Topics: Fashion and Beauty, Advertising and Marketing, Jewish Law July 13, 2021 Interview with Lori Banov Kaufmann, author of "Rebel Daughter" Judith Rosenbaum Author Lori Banov Kaufmann speaks with JWA about her new debut novel Rebel Daughter Topics: Israel, Fiction July 8, 2021 My Samovar: A Connection to Soviet Jewry Beth Dwoskin A family samovar passed down through the generations is a connection to a Russian Jewish past. Topics: Food, Jewish History July 6, 2021 Rethinking the Canon: Today's Moroccan Jewish Women Painters Tamara Kohn Who belongs in the canon? And who gets to tell the stories of Moroccan Jews? Topics: Art, Jewish History June 24, 2021 Celebrating JWA's Encyclopedia Revision and Expansion Harriet Feinberg In celebration of JWA's Encyclopedia expansion, scholar Harriet Feinberg shares a poem she wrote years ago about the resource. Topics: Jewish History June 23, 2021 A Jewish Community without Borders during COVID Renee Skudra The pandemic allowed me to travel (virtually) to Jewish communities all over the world. Topics: Spirituality and Religious Life Pagination Previous page … Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Current page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 … Next page Jewish Women, Amplified Blog Home Rising Voices Book Club From the Archive Recipes About
