Author: Eleanor J. Bader

Why does D’yan Forest wish she’d been born 50 years later? 

“Women who played a heroic role during the Holocaust have been forgotten in much the same way that female first responders on 9/11 have been forgotten.”

It’s not surprising that most Americans assume that all religions oppose abortion and the use of contraceptives. But they don’t. And never have.

As refugees continue to stream into Europe in response to the Syrian Civil War and ISIS brutality, it’s easy to become disheartened. But Yifat Susskind, sees a modicum of progressive social change on the horizon for those most affected by the crisis.

“I remember it as a moment of outrage when my brothers got to play baseball and I didn’t.”

Sara M. Novenson’s Women of the Bible series exudes “female energy and spirituality.”

“I want audiences to be smart consumers of the amazing plays in New York and have access to information to make informed choices about what to see.”

New Jersey-based visual artist, Irmari Nacht, hates waste. An avid environmentalist, Nacht says her mission is to promote the recycling and re-purposing of everyday items.

Today, when I hear someone say that they don’t feel safe in their homeland, I feel an imperative to do something. As a Jew, I hear the word unsafe as a call to action, a mandate to err on the side of welcome.”