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Tractate Kinnim (“nest” or “birds in a nest”) the last tractate in Order Kodashim (Holy Things) deals with the smallest type of sacrifice a pair of  - Information from jwa.org

Phoebe Yates Pember was a Richmond nurse during the Civil War She served as the matron of Richmonds Chimborazo Hospital reportedly the largest military  - Information from jwa.org

Though the meaning of the term prophet is here indeterminate Miriam is the first woman ever to bear it The meaning of “Cushite” is uncertain - Information from jwa.org

Butlers work Gender Trouble (1990) launched into 1991 film Paris is Burning - Information from jwa.org

As a Jewish female Id certainly like to break the stereotype that all Jewish women are onedimensional cartoon characters - Information from jwa.org

“The Status of Women in Jewish and Islamic Marriage and Divorce Law” Harvard Womens Law Review 5 (1982): 1–33 Weiss Susan “Sign at Your Own Risk: The RCA  - Information from jwa.org

Jewish Prostitution and Trafficking in Women Jewish trafficking in women did not begin in a vacuum Jews joined the crime wave that swept East European Jewish  - Information from jwa.org

Caption: We got married and isolated ourselves in a small town Thought bubble: "Our baby" Thought bubble: "It happened so fast" Speech bubble: "Youre  - Information from jwa.org

The Rabbis were intrigued by the question of how the serpent succeeded in enticing Eve to transgress the word of God They used Eves  - Information from jwa.org

Anyway “Lost and Found” has so many great Jewish jokes and references that I feel the best way to talk about it is by sharing a curated  - Information from jwa.org

Esfir Shub was active as an editor director and writer of nonfiction films for twenty years from 1927 to 1947—one of the few women in the Soviet Union at  - Information from jwa.org

Born Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson Jamaica Kincaid is a Jewish as “On Seeing England for the First Time” (telling of her first visit  - Information from jwa.org

The first female congregational rabbi to serve in Israel Kinneret Shiryon went on to establish Kehillat Yozma the first nonOrthodox congregation to  - Information from jwa.org

As activists professionals artists and intellectuals Jewish feminists have shaped every aspect of American life Drawing on the insights of feminism  - Information from jwa.org

Of all Jewish immigrants to the United States from 1886 to 1914 fortyfour percent Literature written by the children of immigrant women praised their  - Information from jwa.org

Miriam is best known for helping to deliver Moses at the Nile River and leading the Hebrew women in singing dancing and playing drums after crossing the  - Information from jwa.org

After news of her affair with President Clinton went viral Monica Lewinsky survived a national scandal to become an antibullying crusader - Information from jwa.org

Classic antisemitic stereotypes were used by Jewish men to blame Jewish women for their own struggles with capitalism and the consumer culture These same  - Information from jwa.org

Only Sirach (also known as Ecclesiasticus or Ben Sira) presents the negative in the Hebrew Bible (the other mention of both occurs in 1 Tim 2:13) - Information from jwa.org

This prayer shawl was the antithesis of everything Id told myself I was supposed to be it challenged tradition caught attention  - Information from jwa.org

MIT Professors and computer scientists Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali winners of the 2013 ACM Alan M Turing AwardPhoto by Jason Dorfman CSAIL/MIT  - Information from jwa.org

In the Book of Tobit Edna is Raguels wife Sarahs mother and the motherinlaw of Tobias Tobits son Edna has no biblical namesake unlike the other  - Information from jwa.org

Jewish immigrant women shared many of the attributes of immigrant women in general but also displayed ethnic characteristics Jewish Immigrants in the American  - Information from jwa.org

The Jewish Womens Archive documents Jewish womens stories elevates their voices and inspires them to be agents of change - Information from jwa.org

Immigrant Jewish women began to assimilate into American society and Jewish women successfully challenged American definitions of  - Information from jwa.org

Milgrim joined the business at seventeen as a dress designer At a time when welltodo women dressed three or four times a day to carry on their daily - Information from jwa.org

Since the 1960s Jewish lesbians have had an important impact in writing religious movements the arts and political movements Today lesbian Jews continue  - Information from jwa.org

In the Book of Tobit Edna is Raguels wife Sarahs mother and the motherinlaw of Tobias Tobits son Edna has no biblical namesake Perhaps the author - Information from jwa.org

The rabbis depict the daughter of Pharaoh as a righteous figure who did not the breasts of the Egyptian women because he said: “God will speak with me - Information from jwa.org

One of the seven crew members who died in the tragic explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on January 28 1986 Judith (“JR”) Resnik was a pioneer for  - Information from jwa.org

During the course of their marriage Gomer bears Hosea three children with symbolic names: a son Jezreel meaning “God  - Information from jwa.org

The first woman according to the Eden story in the Hebrew Bible in conversation (a reflection perhaps of female skill with words?) - Information from jwa.org