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Welcome to "Jewish Women You Should Know"
"Jewish Women You Should Know" is a place to introduce you to amazing women of a wide range of backgrounds, ages and occupations, but who all, in their own ways, have accomplished, and continue to accomplish, incredible things in their lives. Enjoy what you read and nominate a Jewish woman that you feel we should know! 1 Comment |  |
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Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka
By Sara Esther Crispe
The first thing I was shown was her picture. Unquestionably, she was a very beautiful woman. She was stunning. And yet, there was something about her that was so graceful, so royal, so holy. |  |
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Sarah Nachshon
A Modern-Day Matriarch
By Chana (Jenny) Weisberg
My parents taught me that if the Jews want to keep the Land of Israel, then we must fight for the Land of Israel... 7 Comments |  |
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Bubbe Maryasha Garelik
By Minna Solomon
As I looked around at my surroundings, I was amazed at the sight. Children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, uncles, aunts, cousins, second cousins, hundreds upon hundreds of Bubbe's descendents all around me... 8 Comments |  |
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Chana Deevon
The Midwife of Over 30,000 Babies
By Chana (Jenny) Weisberg
With 46 years of midwifery experience and over 30,000 babies under her belt, Mrs. Deevon is almost certainly the most prolific and senior midwife in all of Israel... 7 Comments |  |
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Rachel Factor
The Journey of a Broadway Dancer
By Chana Kroll
Rachel Factor grew up in Honolulu as Tina Horii. She was always spiritually driven, but didn't find the outlet she needed until she discovered dance... 10 Comments |  |
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Ilona Bleier Roozman
My Mother's Eyes
By Catherine Roozman Weigensberg
The memories of my mother when she was young, strong and fearless are fading. I'm struggling to remember the spark - a fierceness and Herculean strength emanating from her all knowing eyes... 7 Comments |  |
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Leah Larson
A Young Girl's Dream
By Leah Larson
"Wouldn't it be cool to publish a magazine for Jewish girls?" My friend was used to my constant flow of ambitious but usually impractical ideas, so she simply responded, "Yeah, but we could never do it." And that was it... 6 Comments |  |
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Yetta Keller
The Journey of a Survivor
By Chana Lewis
In one corner stood a multitude of canes and walking sticks. This was the first of many visits with Yetta, an eighty-two-year-old Holocaust survivor. We sat down on her patterned couch, and soon, she began to talk... 5 Comments |  |
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Tamara Davitashvili
Hope Everlasting
By Anna Zonen
These are people that come into our lives for only a brief moment and stay for an eternity. Tamara Davitashvili was such a woman... 5 Comments |  |
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Rochel Roth
By Dvora Lakein
Yitzchak, so grateful for the wife he was bestowed, nominated her for this distinction. "When you have little to give, but don't stop giving, that's special. And that's my wife." 3 Comments |  |
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Eileen Sklaroff
Caring for Philadelphia’s Jewish Women in Need
By Debby Flancbaum
Ask Eileen Sklaroff for a tour of the offices of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society (FHBS) and she'll invite you to her see her home and ask you to stay for dinner... 1 Comment |  |
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Cecelia Rosenfeld
My Grandmother, the Doctor
By Judy Gruen
This was back in 1965, when women doctors were indeed a rarity, and Miss Flanagan could not conceive of them at all... |  |
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Ahava Winston
Director and Founder of Nitza: The Jerusalem Postpartum Support Network
By Chana (Jenny) Weisberg
"I realized that if four women in my community gave birth that year, then among them there would likely be a woman and a family suffering in silence from this debilitating illness..." 1 Comment |  |
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Sara Esther Crispe
Editor of TheJewishWoman.org
By Sarah Zadok
She was wearing a funky, multicolored tunic and a wooly green skirt with a pair of big, black Doc Martin boots. "Alright…" I thought... 8 Comments |  |
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Esther Tauby
Healing Through Helping Others
By Sara Tzafona
For Esther Tauby of Richmond, BC, listening is a way of life. Her own tragic experiences of losing two children have enabled her to reach out to others in distress. She has finely honed her listening skills so that she can hear the silent cries of a child in emotional pain... 11 Comments |  |
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Robin Schneiderman
A Teacher for Life
By Avi Webb
"If it was raining outside, she taught the kids about weather and rain. She taught them about the world around them..." |  |
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The Rebbetzin: A Special Web Presentation
By Shmuel Marcus
An erudite and wise woman, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, of blessed memory, was the wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and daughter of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. |  |
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