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Emma Lazarus, Poet and Patriot
Her writings were unabashedly Jewish…
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Helena: Queen, Convert and Pioneer
We’ve all been there. We’ve all dreamed of pink sashaying gowns, dazzling tiaras, and glistening jewelry. We’ve all closed our eyes at one point in our lives and imagined hordes of servants at our beck and call. Of lavish banquets and imposing stairwells. Thrones and treasure rooms and fragrant flower gardens with glistening fountains. Maybe…
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Asnat Barazani: A Woman Rosh Yeshiva!
Asnat Barazani was a trailblazing figure…
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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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Freyda, Daughter of the Alter Rebbe: The Balancing Act of Salt
In the Torah, how do we understand salt?..
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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…
