Years after her conversion from Catholicism to Judaism, Genie Milgrom discovered documents linking the family to a crypto-Jewish heritage in medieval Spain.
“America is a country of immigrants. Most people don’t even know where their grandparents are from. And there’s a lot of family mythology that is not necessarily true.”
A 3D video recreation of the Great Synagogue of Vilna went online this year as part of the celebration of the 300th birthday of Vilnius’s legendary Jewish sage.
Beginning next year, members will be able to sign up through Hadassah for a program that combines PJ Library books with Hadassah-coordinated discussion groups.
As America celebrates the centennial of female suffrage this year, what’s striking is how much today’s female leaders have in common with their Jewish activist foremothers.