This Week in History
Birth of “Mama” Cass Elliot
"If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond. That's what rock and roll is; it's relentless."
Julie Rosewald becomes the first woman to lead services in an American synagogue
As the solemn First Day of Rosh Hashanah (5645) got underway on a Sabbath morning in 1884, congregants at San Francisco’s Temple Emanu-El experienced something entirely new.
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This Week: September 18 - September 24
Birth of dance scholar Selma Jeanne Cohen
Selma Jeanne Cohen, who sought to make dance scholarship a respected academic discipline, was born.
Birth of “Mama” Cass Elliot
Julie Rosewald becomes the first woman to lead services in an American synagogue
Julie Rosewald became the first woman known to have led services at an American synagogue when she led the music, chanted portions of the worship normally reserved for a cantor, and directed the choir at San Francisco's Temple Emanu-El following the death of the congregation's cantor.
Jewish Women Watching declare "Sexism is a sin"
Jewish Women Watching published an advertisement in the "New York Times," asking Jewish women to hold their community accountable for sexism.
Birth of Babette Deutsch: poet, novelist, critic
Celebrated poet, novelist, critic, and editor Babette Deutsch was born.
First solo show for sculptor Louise Nevelson
Sculptor Louise Nevelson's first one-woman show opened at the Nierendorf Gallery.
Birth of sculptor Louise Nevelson
Birth of "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" author, Joanne Greenberg
Joanne Greenberg, author of "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden," was born.
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Jewish Women's Archive. "This Week in History: September 18 – September 24." (Viewed on September 22, 2017) <https://jwa.org/thisweek>.
