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Judith Rosenbaum

Judith Rosenbaum
Judith Rosenbaum is a feminist educator, historian, writer, and activist—and the CEO of the Jewish Women's Archive. A regular contributor to academic and popular publications, including Tablet Magazine, The Jewish Daily Forward, and The Huffington Post, Rosenbaum is currently co-editing an anthology about the modern Jewish mother. She's inspired by anarchist Emma Goldman, political activist Bella Abzug, writer and activist Grace Paley, and other loud Jewish women—including those in her own family.

Blog Posts

Rabbi Dov Linzer and Abigail Pogrebin
October 22, 2024

Q & A: Rabbi Dov Linzer & Abigail Pogrebin on "It Takes Two to Torah"

Judith Rosenbaum

JWA chats with Orthodox rabbi Dov Linzer and Reform journalist Abigail Pogrebin about their new book, It Takes Two to Torah. 

Topics: Non-Fiction, Bible, Judaism-Orthodox, Judaism-Reform, Rabbis, Simchat Torah
Collage of Jewish Women Who Died in 2023
January 2, 2024

Jewish Women Whose Memories I’m Carrying into 2024

Judith Rosenbaum

The year 2023 brought the deaths of several powerful and influential Jewish women, whose insights and voices changed the world and are all the more painful to lose in this difficult time. 

Topics: Civil Rights, Disability Rights, Feminism, Women's Rights, Israel, Zionism, Poetry, Holocaust, Women’s and Gender Studies, Physics
Judith and Ma'ayan Rosenbaum sitting on a stage with microphones, red curtain behind them
May 2, 2023

Celebrating and Challenging Margaret in Book and Film

Judith Rosenbaum

JWA's CEO Judith Rosenbaum reflects on a recent screening of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, the film adaptation of Judy Blume's groundbreaking novel. 

Topics: Feminism, Film, Fiction
Someone holding a sign that reads "We won't go back. We will fight back."
June 24, 2022

JWA and Jewish History Stand for Abortion Rights

Judith Rosenbaum

We will continue to fight, strengthened by the lessons of history, which teach us that abortion access is a Jewish value.

Topics: Reproductive Rights, Feminism
Still from bat mitzvah scene of And Just Like That...Includes Charlotte, her husband, children, and officiating rabbi
February 7, 2022

How 'And Just Like That…' Reflects Bat Mitzvah History

Judith Rosenbaum

In its season finale, And Just Like That...captures how the bat mitzvah has evolved over the last century. 

Topics: Television, Spirituality and Religious Life, LGBTQIA Rights
Lori Banov Kaufmann and book cover
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
JWA Passover Card 2021
March 15, 2021

Four Questions for Passover 2021

Judith Rosenbaum

JWA's CEO, Judith Rosenbaum, has new questions for us this Passover.

Topics: Passover
Jewish Women of Color Marching
December 17, 2019

Top Ten Moments for Jewish Women in 2019

Judith Rosenbaum

JWA CEO Judith Rosenbaum lists her top ten moments for Jewish women in 2019.

Topics: Jewish History
Ayelet Tsabari / The Best Place On Earth
April 1, 2019

Video Interview with Ayelet Tsabari

Judith Rosenbaum

Judith Rosenbaum interviews author Ayelet Tsabari about her book, The Best Place On Earth, one of JWA's Book Club picks.

Topics: Fiction
"Jewish Feminisms/American Visions" Conference Poster
March 19, 2019

Seven Lessons from our Feminist Foremothers

Judith Rosenbaum

JWA’s Executive Director Judith Rosenbaum reflects on her experience at the “Jewish Feminisms/American Visions” conference at the University of Michigan.

Topics: Feminism, Jewish History

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Judith Rosenbaum ." (Viewed on December 22, 2024) <https://jwa.org/blog/author/judith-rosenbaum>.