Jean Carroll is considered the first Jewish woman to do stand-up comedy. Now, an event aims to introduce New Yorkers to this influential yet little-known legend. Before there was Joan Rivers and Susie ...
The impact Jewish men have had on the world of comic books is well known. Stan Lee ran Marvel Comics and introduced the world to Spider-Man, The Hulk, Iron Man and the Fantastic Four. Jerry Siegel and ...
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Why Some Jewish Women Wear Wigs—and What It Means
The Tradition Rooted in Modesty and Spiritual Practice In many Orthodox Jewish communities, married women cover their hair as ...
For decades, liberal denominations have permitted women to be ordained. Orthodox Judaism, however, has largely prohibited it. Yet attitudes toward women’s study of rabbinic texts are changing.
The bat mitzvah is a coming-of-age ceremony for Jewish girls. In the first official ceremony of its kind, on March 18, 1922, a young girl named Judy Kaplan took on the obligations and responsibilities ...
(RNS/AP) — While the larger Reform and Conservative Jewish movements have ordained women rabbis for decades, the Orthodox fold has only recently begun tapping women to leadership roles. This story is ...
It is many years since I met Mrs. Sieff, Lady Burton said in presiding to-day at a luncheon given by the Federation of Women Zionists in honour of Mrs. I. M. Sieff, the President of the Federation.
(JTA) — “A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday.” It’s considered poor journalistic form to begin an article with a quotation. But journalists are also supposed to show, not tell ...
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Jackie Tohn as Esther, Tovah Feldshuh as Bina in "Nobody Wants This" (Stefania Rosini/Netflix) As audiences embrace the charming love story at the center of “Nobody Wants This” to the tune of various ...
Barry Rosenthal’s documentary, The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief, is a mind-blowing character study. It casts its lens on addiction therapy, religion and how personal interactions are culturally ...
They urged the United Nations to remove Reem Alsalem, the U.N. rapporteur on violence against women and girls, for denying ...
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