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…based it upon The First Sex by E.G. Davis—and found myself explaining the much more complex realities. Here, we must first deal with the absurd view of chronology involved in…
Lines of Communication
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The Very Surprising History of Jewish Women in Comic Books
Danica Davidson
…women, including Lightman, Miriam Katin, Ariel Schrag, Trina Robbins, Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Vanessa Davis. The success of the exhibit has led to the recently released book Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s…
Secrets in the Matzah box
by Paula Wolfson
…Joe became a top ranked surfer while the rest of us continued pounding pavement to support striking farm workers, to liberate Angela Davis, to stop the war, and to support…
“A Mouthful of Air”
by Patty Grossman
A Mouthful of Air, by Amy Koppelman, MacAdam/Cage, $23 There are two sets of fresh scars in Amy Koppleman’s audacious debut novel, A Mouthful of Air. Julie Davis has slit…
The Ashkenazi Table
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…Feiring, Mitchell Davis (James Beard Foundation), Niki Russ Federman & Josh Russ Tupper (Russ & Daughters), Jake Dell (Katz’s Deli), Darra Goldstein, Liz Alpern & Jeffrey Yoskowitz (The Gefilteria), Lior…
A (Re)Consideration of Jewish Sororities
by Shira Kohn
…University of California-Davis in 1998, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi was founded, and actively promotes itself as a “Jewish-interest” sorority on the 13 campuses where it now has chapters. Another local…
Writing Minds
by Melissa Aronczyk
Our introduction to Julie Davis is innocuous enough: “…Another young, tallishly attractive girl in a fur-lined leather coat walking across Broadway.” The protagonist of Amy Koppelman’s first novel, A Mouthful…
Grandmom, Mom, My Sister Jane, The Famous Writer Anzia Yezierska And Me
by Patricia Averbach
…bother your mother, she’s taking a nap. Don’t eat them all before dinner.” I went into the kitchen and found the box from Davis Bakery. A big “taste” had already…
Reporting Back: The National Museum of American Jewish History
Jill Finkelstein
…gave visitors a look into mid-century Jewish family life. It even included a television that played classic Jewish TV moments, like Sammy Davis Jr.’s commercial for Manischewitz wine and clips…
Yellow Rose of Texas: 100 Birthday Candles in Panama
Marlena Maduro Baraf
…Evelyn who’d married a lieutenant in the US Army stationed at Ft. Davis in the Canal Zone. Evelyn was like a sister to me. The only Jews in Panama were…