Nitzevet, Mother Of King David: A Bold Voice Of Silence
Shavuot marks the birthday of King David and for this reason it is customary in many communities to read Megillat Ruth since Ruth was his great-grandmother.
Invisible Women: Censorship By Some Orthodox Publications
I think most people in society are able to look at modest pictures of women without it eliciting impure thoughts, said Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Esther Pollard: A True Woman of Valor
Esther called their marriage "an oasis of unconditional love in a sea of lies and corruption.
Sarah Aaronson: The Heroine of NILI
Nearly eighty-five years have passed since Sarah Aaronson shot herself in the head, putting an end to the torture her Turkish interrogators inflicted upon her for refusing to disclose information about her associates in the NILI, an anti-Turkish spying organization that supplied the British with intelligence.
The Role Of A Rebbetzin: An Interview With Rebbetzin Esther Reisman
Each one of us can and should contribute to the community.
Giving The Voice A Face: A New Photo Site Aims to Counter the Erasure...
When you have no frum representation of Jewish women, you don’t see them as part of the community, you start treating them as ‘other.’
Remembering Esterka
Polish history and popular legend credits a beautiful Jewish girl named Esther, or Esterka, with the turn of Jewish fortunes in Poland.
Joan Peters: The Myth “Of From Time Immemorial”
In 1939, Chuchill challenged the common notion that Jewish immigration to Palestine uprooted Arabs
Pauline Koch Einstein
Pauline, a happy, content housewife and mother, without pretensions or ambitions, was devoted to her home and their simple bourgeois lifestyle.
Installing A Pesach Kitchen On The Cheap
I am not one of those people who start cleaning for Pesach the minute the menorah gets put away and, in fact, I typically indulge in denial until the last possible moment. However, after making Pesach in my so-called Pesach kitchen for the first time, I realized just how useful a Pesach kitchen could be.
A Look At Education For Jewish Women Throughout The Ages (Part III – A...
The image of the pious, simple and domestically maternal Jewish woman no longer appealed to these secularly educated girls.
Brigitte Gabriel: A Remarkable Fighter For Israel
Brigitte was a nine-year-old girl when Islamic militants launched an assault on a Lebanese military base and destroyed her home.
A Fashion Mogul’s Success Story
We spend a lot of time researching the best fabrics, the best designs, and the best factories to produce in. We create our own embroideries and appliqués from scratch. Every dress is as unique as the woman who is wearing it.
Yolande Gabai Harmer: Israel’s Secret Heroine
Moshe Sharett, the head of the Jewish Agency’s Political Department, visited Egypt in 1945. In Cairo he met a most remarkable young woman, a beautiful journalist who was the darling of Egyptian high society - from high-ranking military brass, to culture icons and Muslim sheikhs, to the court of King Faruk.
Belinda Hickey: Promoting Israel
We love the food, the hotels, and even the wildlife. We love the Israelis.
Brigitte Gabriel: Fierce Fighter For Israel
She also taught that a “cancer called Islamofacism” permeates the Muslim world and must be eradicated.
Helping Jewish Women Do It All
Travel agent. Nutritionist. Interior Decorator. Psychologist. Gourmet Chef. Kashrus Consultant.
Sister Rose Thering: Sister Rose’s Passion
Sister Rose's Passion is a documentary film on the life of Sister Rose Thering, a life that stood for love of Jews, for fighting prejudice, anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
Asenath Barzani: Remarkable Hebrew Scholar
I never left the entrance to my house or went outside; I was like a princess of Israel ...
Deciding Which Career To Pursue: The Key Factor
“HELP!” “I need help in choosing my career!” “How do I decide what career to pursue?” This is a common query we hear from students. Many make their first career choice based on what other people in their lives tell them, what everyone else is doing, where the money is, what’s hot in the current job market, what job a relative can get them, the “prestige factor” of being a doctor or lawyer, or some other criteria that is external to who they are as a person.
Laurie Cardoza Moore: A Call For Justice
“I want to turn the faucet on and drip the truth to the people,” she says.
Shula Cohen: Amazing Jewish Heroine
Five weeks later, an agent of the Haganah’s secret service contacted her, attempting to enlist her in its espionage unit.
Nina Ormonde: The Ultimate Jewish Mother
The bar and bat mitzvah event was her “baby.” Despite its grand scale, there was an individual, loving focus on every girl and boy.
The Martyred Woman of Valor: Dulcea of Worms
The Middle Ages boasted a number of outstanding Jewish women. The most remarkable among them was Dulcea of Worms, wife of Rabi Eleazar Rokeach. We learn out about her remarkable character and capabilities from an elegy her loving husband composed in the form of an alphabetic acrostic fashioned after King Solomon’s “Woman of Valor" in Proverbs 31. Dulcea of Worms, however, rose above the stature of the Biblical “Eishet Chayil” both in capabilities and character.
Eliminating Under Eye Puffiness
Dear Sharona,
I am in my late 20's and have heavy lids and small bags under my eyes. As I am still young and get plenty of rest, doctors have told me that it is genetic. My trouble with concealing the bags is not with the coloring (like people with dark circles) as much as it is with how to make the bags look smaller or less puffy and my eyes bigger. What are your suggestions?
Adina, New York
Agnes Keleti: The Foundation Stone Of Gymnastics In Israel
"I felt here that I was at home," remarks Agnes Keleti about her arrival in Israel in 1957. An Israeli emissary had invited this leading Hungarian Jewish female athlete to participate in the fifth Maccabiah Games that year, and that’s when she discovered that Israel was “home.”
Hadassa Dubrofsky: A True Role Model
Hadassa Dubrofsky, a lovely twelve-year old girl from Toronto, Canada decided to forgo bat-mitzvah presents and replace them with something even more meaningful and exciting – an act of chesed (charitable kindness).
Chaya Mushka: The Rebbetzin
When asked about the extent of the Rebbetzin's greatness, the Rebbe’s thoughtful, genuine response was: Only Hashem knows.
Shira Leibowitz Schmidt: Multifaceted Scholar
Shira was a latecomer to Orthodoxy, having grown up in Lawrence, Long Island, where her family and most of the other members of the Orthodox Beth Sholem Congregation were not shomer Shabbos.
With Gratitude
Tehillim 118:17 – I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of God.
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