Jewish Women You Should Know


		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



		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.



		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



		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



		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



		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



		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



		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



		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



		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



		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



		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



		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...



		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



		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



		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



		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..."



		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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