JWA's Online History Course OUTLAWS kicks off this week! Join us with Debby Applegate to explore the life of madam Polly Adler. 🗓️ Thursday, Oct 8, 8 PM ET 📍 Virtual Register: buff.ly/1nJ90ns

Yemenite Jewish woman lighting Shabbat candles, 1950s. Shabbat shalom 🕯️ 🕯️

Adina Sash uses controversial methods to fight for agunot, women trapped in their marriages because their husbands refuse to grant them a get (Jewish divorce). In our new podcast episode, Adina explains why she sees get refusal as a form of domestic abuse, and what needs to change: buff.ly/mWF99Q7

Madison Safer's newest children's book "Garlic Eaters," published on September 22, follows the story of a Yiddish-speaking family forced out of their garlic-bulb house and into a world that isn’t sure what to make of them: buff.ly/7R8YwBi

JWA Book Talks continue on Thursday, Oct 1, 8 PM ET! Join us with Portia Elan, author of "Homebound." This tender, inventive novel follows four women, connected across centuries, as they expand the possibilities of what home and family can be. Register:https://buff.ly/HKy14zU

Did you know that breastfeeding comes up repeatedly in rabbinic literature? As the only kosher product of the human body, breastmilk represents an anomaly of sorts in rabbinic texts. Read more: buff.ly/Eo9HrLo

"Sukkot/Sukes, which commemorates our forty years of wandering in the desert, is a particularly fitting holiday to use to explore doikayt:" buff.ly/VM2eqL5

Not only do we have an *excellent* podcast, we also have several Podcast Discussion Guides for all-age learners to explore Jewish women’s and gender expansive people's contributions to religion and culture. Explore our Guide for podcast episode "The Femme Fatale in the Sukkah:" buff.ly/InhYMj0

JWA Book Talks continue Thursday, Sep 24, 8 PM ET! Join us with Gabrielle Sher, author of "Odessa." In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turns to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave. Register: buff.ly/HKy14zU

OUTLAWS. Join JWA Thursdays in October at 8 PM ET to explore Jewish women who defied laws of all kinds. From holy figures to brothel keepers, these figures raise questions about who breaks the law, and why, and what that tells us about individuals and the worlds they live in: buff.ly/XtONEdW

"I find myself thinking about what forgiveness means and can look like during the era of the internet, in which wrongdoings are preserved in human history and captured without fading, a practice that is particularly punitive towards women who become vilified in online spaces:" buff.ly/KcbHxH4

Lauren Bacall's characters didn’t need to be saved by the leading man, they could take care of themselves just fine. Happy birthday queen. 👑 buff.ly/kcuIIyb

JWA Book Talks return this Thursday, Sep 17, at 8 PM ET! Join us with Daniela Gerson, author of "The Wanderers: A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II." Register here: buff.ly/YL4Fsct

As we approach the new year, we invite you to ground yourself in the rich legacy of Jewish women’s strength, flexibility, and resilience. Shana tova from JWA 💙 📷 Yiddish actress and Holocaust survivor Chayela Rosenthal, 1965. From our new encyclopedia entry.

In this special podcast episode, JWA's CEO Judith Rosenbaum remembers her lunch date with Gloria Steinem 21 years ago, the feminist legacy of Gloria's grandmother, and her affirmation that she "threw her lot in" with the Jewish people: buff.ly/ICK6Pit

"Pregnancy, birth, and parenting themes are woven into the symbols of Rosh Hashanah, and they feel more personally resonant than ever." —Lucy Marshall reflects on A New View on the New Year: Rosh Hashanah Birth Wisdom: buff.ly/Im7gUgy

Please join us in welcoming our 2026-2027 Twersky Fellow Hannah Karpel-Pomerantz! JWA's Twersky Education Fellowship is designed for educators who are passionate about integrating the histories and stories of Jewish women and gender-expansive individuals into mainstream educational settings.

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” Today, we mourn Gloria Steinem - writer, organizer, and feminist icon whose work helped transform the possibilities of American life. May her memory be for a revolution. Read more: buff.ly/V45ULTK

Rosa Blumenfeld-Romero, the founder of Reclaiming Indigeneity and Casa Romero, explores her Indigenous Muisca roots as someone raised Colombian and Jewish. Drawing on the "coming hom" framework learned from Native elders, she teaches others to undo the effects of assimilation: buff.ly/MIQGf03

Femme Juive Syrienne (Syrian Jewish Woman), c. 1870s - 1880s. #FromTheArchives 📷 by Félix Bonfils. buff.ly/krD18El

Shulamith Firestone’s "The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution" (1970) was a widely discussed book of the second wave feminist movement, developing an analysis of women’s oppression that was inclusive of class and race. She died this week in history in 2012: buff.ly/pqeqcUM

A leading figure in the feminist movement of women scientists in Germany in the first three decades of the twentieth century and an outstanding bacteriologist, Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner was a pioneer among scientists: buff.ly/f5KQNLz

Born this week in 1906, Tunisian-Jewish actress and filmmaker Haydée Chikly Tamzali helped lay the groundwork for Arabic and African cinema. Haydée worked alongside her father, filmmaker Albert Samama Chikly, to write and star in Zohra (1922), the first fiction Tunisian film: buff.ly/VX3exgT

Lilith, a play by Adina Aaron and directed by Samantha Ozeas, adds layers of complexity, dignity, and affection to her story. The production, which runs at The Tank in NYC from August 7-22, explores sexual politics and spiritual conflict in an Eden full of wonder, anger, and longing: buff.ly/lGhGOin

"'Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir' by Shulamit Reinharz is a blessing. Instead of being overwhelmed with the feeling of powerlessness, reading this book gave me so much personal power because it’s all about survival and resistance." —Review by Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba: buff.ly/2WYkC5B

Fall Book Talks are hereeee! Join us Thursdays, Sep 17 - Oct 1, at 8 PM with our upcoming authors: 🔹 Sep 17: Daniela Gerson, The Wanderers 🔹Sep 24: Gabrielle Sher, Odessa 🔹Oct 1: Portia Elan, Homebound Register at jwa.org/events.

Happy birthday to the mononymous painter Gluck, born on this day in 1895. Gluck earned critical acclaim in the 1920s-30s for an individualist style and eclectic subject matter, rejecting constraints of a conservative upbringing and refusing public association with any movement. buff.ly/z22phmP

Photograph of Jews hiding in the forest after escaping ghettos and concentration camps. Near Lenin, Poland, 1943. Image by Faye Schulman. Schulman devoted her life to ensuring that the world understood that Jews resisted Nazis, challenging misconceptions about passivity: buff.ly/SBOTRbK

Remembering gender-bending actress Adah Isaacs Menken (June 15 1835–August 10 1868) 🕯️ Menken achieved fame for her starring role in Mazeppa, where she played a role written for a man. In her short but remarkable life, she was legendary for her defiance of convention. buff.ly/MvQuW8e

Before there was Elmo, there was Lamb Chop. Shari Lewis was a beloved ventriloquist, writer, and television pioneer who redefined children's entertainment. We remember her on her yahrzeit this week 🕯️ buff.ly/7gJ8IM4