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Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate
A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.

A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.
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Anti-Jewish Bias Is Spreading in Arts and Culture
It may be more subtle than a scrawled swastika or a torched synagogue, but anti-Jewish bias in that realm is nonetheless a growing phenomenon.

It may be more subtle than a scrawled swastika or a torched synagogue, but anti-Jewish bias in that realm is nonetheless a growing phenomenon.
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Black and Jewish Identities Converge in Art
A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

Current Exhibits: Borscht Belt and Beauty

Echoes of the Borscht Belt: Contemporary Photographs by Marisa Scheinfeld Scheinfeld’s photos of resorts in the Catskills Mountains are both haunting and beautiful. After entertaining Jewish

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Power Couples

by Leah F. Finkelshteyn

Have you ever wanted to arrange a meeting between an icon of the past and an up-and-coming contemporary personality? The Jewish Women’s Archives attempts to

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The Book of Esther

by Rahel Musleah

The Book of Esther Composer David Homan and choreographer Ariel Grossman have collaborated on this contemporary all-female ballet that explores women’s empowerment through the Purim

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The Latest Films: From Tense Courtroom Drama to Diplomacy on the World Stage

Reviews of GETT: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Diplomacy and the documentaries Above and Beyond, about Jewish World War II pilots, and Watchers of the Sky.

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Dumiyah

by Rahel Musleah

Dumiyah Like spiritual honey, this album of original songs by Basya Schechter and her band, Pharaoh’s Daughter, is smooth and pleasing. The synthesis of American