Ruth Gruber: A Phenomenon
Escorting the refugees by ship from Naples, Italy, Ruth Gruber recorded their stories of survival.
Ora Lavid: A Secular Believer
Her manner of speaking was that of a person from the charedi world.
Esther Pollard: A True Woman of Valor
Esther called their marriage "an oasis of unconditional love in a sea of lies and corruption.
Pauline Koch Einstein
Pauline, a happy, content housewife and mother, without pretensions or ambitions, was devoted to her home and their simple bourgeois lifestyle.
Outstanding Ambassador
Being a military spouse is one of the most difficult things people can experience, Nikki confessed...
The Prophetess Boushaif
When the leader of the community asked for her hand in marriage, Boushaif consented with the condition that he build a synagogue, using as its cornerstone the brick intended for the Holy Temple.
Shurat Hadin – Justice
The lesson Nitsana derived from the case as a human-rights activist and a litigator inspired her to eventually establish the Israel Law Center called, Shurat Hadin to help victims of terrorism.
Yom Yerushalayim
Lift up your eyes about you and see,
All shall gather and come to you,
As I live, says the Lord.
Early Zionist Pioneers
Ever since those first pioneers expressed their yearning for the Land, many other remarkable women have pioneered pathways to Zion and helped ensure our future inheritance in it.
Remembering Esterka
Polish history and popular legend credits a beautiful Jewish girl named Esther, or Esterka, with the turn of Jewish fortunes in Poland.
Brigitte Gabriel: Fierce Fighter For Israel
She also taught that a “cancer called Islamofacism” permeates the Muslim world and must be eradicated.
The Fascinating Life of Our First Matriarch
Besides her gifts of beauty, prophecy, wisdom and leadership, Sarah also possessed, according to Chazal, great spiritual and material blessings.
Cheryl Saban: A Woman With A Jewish Heart
Most of all, she is a role model for her descendants who endeavor to follow her example. And a woman with a Jewish heart.
Judith Feld Carr: Remarkable Heroine
Judith Feld Carr clearly remembers the initial impetus for her extraordinary activities in the rescue of Syrian Jewry: "When I was 10 years old, Sophie told me, you have to do something so that this never happens again to the Jewish people.' I never forgot it."
Holocaust As A Lesson For Life
How did you view the Nazis during the Holocaust and how do you view them now?
Shari Arison: Doing Good
In addition to her great fortune, Shari Arison has a great Jewish heart.
Ayelet Shaked: A True Jewish Minister of Justice
She’s seen as a poster child for The Jewish Home’s efforts to reach beyond its Orthodox base.
Rachel Azaria: Yerushalmim – Jerusalemites
Who is Rachel Azaria? Would you have guessed that this dynamo is a religious, 35-year-old woman, mother of four children, ranging in ages from ten years to eight months?
Fayga Marks: A Frum Defender Of Israel
“I learned something important early on in my army career: the army will accommodate your religious needs—if you stand up for your rights. To be a frum soldier in the IDF, you need a little chutzpah,” says Fayga Marks, an ultra-Orthodox girl and a veteran Israeli soldier.
Ruchama Cabilo: Motherhood
Each year International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. Thousands of events occur, not only on this day but also throughout March to mark the social, economic and political accomplishments of women.
Irene Burg: A Multifaceted Personality
About a year ago, my husband and I joined a new synagogue in Netanya. In the women’s section a strikingly elegant lady caught my attention. Only later, did I come to know that Irene Burg’s looks were only the tip of the iceberg.
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.
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.
Dinah’s Daughter: A Vital Link
This week’s parsha, Vayislach, relates a shocking episode that causes genuine outrage in the Israelite camp -- the Canaanite Prince Shechem’s brutal assault of Yaakov’s daughter Dinah.
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