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Essay What the Lifetime Adaptation of Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent Missed Earlier this week, Michal Lemberger wrote about turning King David into a villain and Lot’s wife and the other nameless women of the Bible. She is the author of the… Michal Lemberger April 24, 2015
Essay Looking Back at Lot’s Wife Michal Lemberger is the author of the book After Abel and Other Stories. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe series.Lot’s Wife.… Michal Lemberger April 20, 2015
Essay Jewish Mad Women Kerri P. Steinberg is an associate professor of art history at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She is the author of the recently published book Jewish… Kerri P. Steinberg January 26, 2015
Nonfiction Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews Sarah Lightman, ed.
Nonfiction Practicing Piety in Medieval Ashkenaz: Men, Women, and Everyday Religious Observance Elisheva Baumgarten
Nonfiction Chanah’s Voice: A Rabbi Wrestles with Gender, Commandment, and the Women’s Rituals of Baking, Bathing, and Brightening Haviva Ner-David
Nonfiction Holocaust Mothers and Daughters: Family, History, and Trauma Frederica K. Clementi
Essay Helena Rubinstein and the Women’s Liberation Movement Earlier this week Michèle Fitoussi wrote about her fascination, her research materials, and her favorite episodes from Helena Rubinstein’s life. Her biography on… Michèle Fitoussi July 17, 2014
Essay Michèle Fitoussi’s Favorite Episodes in Helena Rubinstein’s Biography When writing a biography, a biographer comes across a wealth of information about their subject. While one tries their best to be objective while they… Michèle Fitoussi July 16, 2014
