Type Power Couples Collection We Remember Women Rabbis The Feminist Revolution Seattle Baltimore Katrina Soviet Jewry Women of Valor Western Pioneers (-) This Week in History (-) Power Couples Search Results Debut of "The Sarah Silverman Program" February 1, 2007 “People are always introducing me as ‘Sarah Silverman, Jewish comedienne.’" http://jwa.org/thisweek/feb/01/2007/debut-of-sarah-silverman-program Death of social activist Sophie Gerson March 20, 2006 Sophie Gerson was a legendary figure in the history of textile union organizing in the South. http://jwa.org/thisweek/mar/20/2006/death-of-social-activist-sophie-gerson Chelsea Handler is named to Time’s 100 Most Influential People. April 18, 2012 "A handful of years ago no one in entertainment had heard of her.” Chelsea Handler http://jwa.org/thisweek/apr/18/2012/chelsea-handler-is-named-to-time-s-100-most-influential-people International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27, 2005 JWA features many stories of the Holocaust era, those who were lost, those who survived, and those who aided people in peril. http://jwa.org/thisweek/jan/27/2005/international-holocaust-remembrance-day Henrietta Szold sends nurses Rose Kaplan and Rachel Landy to Palestine to begin the work of Hadassah. January 18, 1913 "This is what your group ought to do … You should do practical work in Palestine." http://jwa.org/thisweek/jan/18/1913/henrietta-szold-sends-nurses-rose-kaplan-and-rachel-landy-to-palestine-to-begin Birth of sculptor Louise Nevelson September 23, 1899 “If an object is in the right place, it is enhanced to grandeur." - Sculptor Louise Nevelson http://jwa.org/thisweek/sep/23/1900/birth-of-sculptor-louise-nevelson Birth of Victorian painter Rebecca Solomon September 26, 1832 "That Rebecca Solomon was among the first Jewish women artists, if not the first, makes her career and artwork even more important.” http://jwa.org/thisweek/sep/26/1832/birth-of-victorian-painter-rebecca-solomon Alice B. Toklas Moves In Permanently with Gertrude Stein September 9, 1910 Alice Babette Toklas heard distinct chiming when she met Gertrude Stein. http://jwa.org/thisweek/sep/09/1910/alice-babette-toklas-moves-in-permanently-with-gertrude-stein Birth of Cass Elliot September 19, 1941 "If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond." - "Mama" Cass Elliot http://jwa.org/thisweek/sep/19/1943/birth-of-mama-cass-elliot Death of Writer and Comedian Selma Diamond May 13, 1985 Selma Diamond was hard to miss, in a writer’s room, on a talk show, or in situation comedy. http://jwa.org/thisweek/sep/05/1985/death-of-writer-and-comedian-selma-diamond Long-lost Poem by War Heroine Hannah Szenes is Found September 2, 2012 A poem by WWII hero Hannah Szenes was discovered 68 years after her death. http://jwa.org/thisweek/sep/02/2012/long-lost-poem-by-war-heroine-hannah-szenes-is-found Birth of Adrienne Cooper, Performer and Interpreter of Yiddish Song September 1, 1946 Adrienne Cooper was in a way the mother of the Yiddish revival. http://jwa.org/thisweek/sep/01/1946/birth-of-adrienne-cooper-performer-and-interpreter-of-yiddish-song “One Day at a Time” starring Bonnie Franklin begins its second season. September 28, 1976 "I just want to say, ‘C’mon guys, I’m an intelligent person, why don’t you just trust me?’ But you can’t give up.” - Actress Bonnie Franklin http://jwa.org/thisweek/sep/28/1976/one-day-at-time-starring-bonnie-franklin-begins-its-second-season Nina Totenberg’s Journalism Ignites the Anita Hill Hearings October 11, 1991 “The [Anita Hill] hearings ripped open the subject of sexual harassment like some sort of long-festering sore." http://jwa.org/thisweek/oct/11/1991/nina-totenberg-s-journalism-ignites-anita-hill-hearings Birth of Beate Sirota Gordon, who wrote equality into the postwar Japanese constitution October 25, 1923 "Colonel Kades said, 'Miss Sirota has her heart set on the women's rights clause, so why don't we pass it?'" http://jwa.org/thisweek/oct/25/1923/birth-of-beate-sirota-gordon-who-wrote-equality-into-post-war-japanese Birth of Harriet Fleischl Pilpel, Pioneer for the Right to Privacy and Free Speech December 2, 1911 Lawyer Harriet Fleischl Pilpel provides the historical link between birth control activist Margaret Sanger and feminist Betty Friedan. http://jwa.org/thisweek/dec/02/1911/birth-of-harriet-fleischl-pilpel-pioneer-for-right-to-privacy-and-free-speech Fania Mindell arrested for distributing birth control material October 26, 1916 Fania Mindell, Margaret Sanger, and Ethel Byrne opened the first birth control clinic in the United States in Brooklyn in 1916. http://jwa.org/thisweek/oct/26/1916/fania-mindell-arrested-for-distributing-birth-control-material Barbara Seaman / Miriam Perez Women's Health Activists Putting Women's Health in Their Own Hands http://jwa.org/powercouples/seaman-perez Claudia Roden / Deb Perelman Cookbook Authors Tickling Tastebuds and Expanding Palates http://jwa.org/powercouples/roden-perelman Bobbie Rosenfeld / Aly Raisman Olympians Going for the Gold http://jwa.org/powercouples/rosenfeld-raisman Gertrude Stein / Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Art World Innovators Fostering Artists and Sparking Creative Conversation http://jwa.org/powercouples/stein-greenberg-rohatyn Nora Ephron / Lena Dunham Writer-Directors Putting Women Onscreen and in the Director's Chair http://jwa.org/powercouples/ephron-dunham Dr. Ruth Westheimer / Jaclyn Friedman Sex Educators Teaching Women About Their Bodies, Their Rights, and Their Pleasure http://jwa.org/powercouples/westheimer-friedman Iris Apfel / Leandra Medine Fashion Tastemakers Introducing Fashion to Feminism http://jwa.org/powercouples/apfel-medine Gertrude Elion / Nina Fefferman Scientists Leaders in the Lab http://jwa.org/powercouples/elion-fefferman Pagination Previous page … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 … Next page