Online History Courses
JWA presents virtual courses with scholars of Jewish women’s history, delving into the lives, challenges, choices, and innovations of Jewish women who changed our story. Each course is centered on a unique theme and consists of four to six sessions facilitated by experts in the field. Sessions are designed to stand alone, so participants can attend as many evenings as they'd like. No advanced reading or preparation required.
Below are details from past and current courses. To join the new March series, sign up using this registration form. Unless otherwise indicated, all sessions begin at 8:00 p.m. ET. (Session recordings are currently only available to those registered for the course. To inquire about access to past recordings, please contact us.)
March 2021—Jewish Women, Race, and Ethnicity in America
Session 1, Thursday, March 4: Multiracial Jews in the Early United States, with Laura Arnold Leibman, Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College
Session 2, Thursday, March 11: Latina Jews in the United States, with Laura Limonic, Associate Professor of Sociology at SUNY Old Westbury
Session 3, Thursday, March 18: Sephardic Women in America, with Devi Mays, Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan
Session 4, Thursday, March 25: Black Jewish Women in Contemporary America, with Tema Smith, a diversity advocate, writer, and Jewish community builder
October 2020—Jewish Women's Activism in the United States
Session 1, Thursday, October 1: Jewish Women in the Labor Movement, with Annelise Orleck
Session 2, Thursday, October 8: Jewish Women and the Birth Control Movement, with Melissa Klapper
Session 3, Thursday, October 15: Jewish Women in the Civil Rights Movement, with Debra Schultz
Session 4, Thursday, October 22: Jewish Feminism, with Joyce Antler
Session 5, Thursday, October 29: Jewish Women and LGBTQ Activism, with Marla Brettschneider
Session 6, Thursday, November 5: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Legal Feminism, with Alison Lefkovitz
August 2020—Jewish Women You Thought You Knew (or Never Knew!)
Session 1, Thursday, August 6: Golda Meir, with Francine Klagsbrun
Session 2, Thursday, August 13: Bertha Pappenheim, with Marion Kaplan
Session 3, Thursday, August 20: Sarah Schenirer, with Naomi Seidman
Session 4, Thursday, August 27: Bella Abzug, with Leandra Zarnow
June 2020—Leading through Crisis and Change: Jewish Women at the Turn of the 20th Century
Session 1, Thursday, June 4: Jewish Housewives and the Kosher Meat Boycott, with Judith Rosenbaum
Session 2, Thursday, June 11: Henrietta Szold, with Karla Goldman
Session 3, Thursday, June 18: Jewish Women and the Suffrage Movement, with Carole Balin
Session 4, Thursday, June 25: Emma Lazarus, with Rebecca Kobrin
JWA’s online history courses are made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of NEH.
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