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The Multifaceted Personality of Rivka Imeinu
Rivka’s life is filled with complexity…
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Sarah Schenirer: The Woman Who Revolutionized Jewish Girls’ Education
She believed in what she was doing…
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Ruchie Freier: A Trailblazer in Law, Faith, and Community
Rachel “Ruchie” Freier stands as one of the most remarkable and unconventional figures in modern American public life. She is the first chassidish woman elected to public office in the United States, which is unusual in the legal profession and virtually unheard of in the tight-knit chassidish community. Rising from modest beginnings in Brooklyn to
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Gluckel of Hamelin: Writing as a Form of Prayer
If you were to step into your local Jewish bookstore on any given day, you’d be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of published memoirs on the shelves. But a few hundred years ago, that was unheard of. And a published memoir of a woman no less? A true rarity. Gluckel bat Leyb, born in Hamburg,
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The Life and Legacy of Dr Edith Eger z”l
Before the dark clouds of war appeared on the horizon, Edith was a talented ballet dancer and gymnast. She hoped to compete in the Olympics one day; however, her dreams were cut short with the Nazis’ rise to power when she was only 16 years old. On her first night in the camps, Mengele ordered…
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Judith Montefiore: A Woman of Unparalleled Faith and Influence
Few are as familiar with Lady Judith Montefiore as they are with her husband, Sir Moses Montefiore, who is renowned for his influence in both Jewish and non-Jewish circles. Yet it was he who said, “I am no great man…the little good I have accomplished or intended to accomplish, I am indebted for it to
