Astronaut Meir recommends staying mentally and physically healthy by sticking to regular routines, exercising and keeping in contact with friends and family.

Lowin was married to Joseph Lowin and had three grown children—Shari, David and Benjamin—and several grandchildren.

Laszlo Mizrahi runs RespectAbility, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to fighting stigma and advancing opportunities for—and with—people with disabilities.

Born Feiga-Chasse Judelowitz in 1922, Lebovits was 19 when Nazis invaded her hometown of Libau, in Latvia. She survived the Libau ghetto and five concentration and work camps.

Jews of color are not participating in Jewish communal life at the level they might because they feel unwelcome, Kaufman says.

Meesh Hammer-Kossoy became one of Israel's first female Orthodox rabbis in 2015, after receiving ordination from Beit Midrash Har’el.

The popular television actress and neuroscientist talks about her latest book, parenting and celebrating Jewish holidays like Passover as a vegan.

A 113-year-old Jewish woman—and Hadassah member—in Worcester, Massachusetts, is now the oldest person in the United States.