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Resource List for Jewish Women’s Education

…Halev Avram Davis, 1743 Oregon, Berkeley, CA 94703. (510) 644-2956. A co-ed, egalitarian yeshiva with a bet midrash (house of study) where Jews can learn traditional texts and other topics…

Readers Respond

Davis, Colrain, MA Our Vulnerable Kin I enjoyed reading the different aspects of weddings in a feminist era. What would have truly rounded out the issue, however, is an article…

Always a Crossword Between Us

…smart. Use-all-seven-tiles-and-get-fifty-extra-points Scrabble smart. She could tell you who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1939 (Bette Davis for her role in Jezebel). She could tell you the state…

Mazel Tov

Marion Ungar Davis of Pittsburgh has been elected the first woman president of the Pittsburgh Zionist District, one of the largest membership districts of the Zionist Organization of America. Mitzi…

Women Moving in from the Comic Sidelines

…off to read and travel.” Other notable contributions include the opening piece, “Pillow Talk,” which is a collaboration between Vanessa Davis and her partner, Trevor Alixopulos. This short and hilarious…

Daughters Know Best

Love and Other Four-Letter Words by Carolyn Mackler, DelacortePress, $14.95 If you asked her, sixteen-year- old Sammie Davis (no relation to the Rat Pack) would say that her life in…

Generation I.V.F.

…clock: Photographer Annie Leibovitz (twins at 52), supermodel Cheryl Tiegs (baby at 52), actress Geena Davis (twins at 48). Now there are hordes more, and some of these have revealed…

Mazal Tov! 9 Jewish Women in U.S. Congress

In the Senate, Diane Feinstein (D-California). In the House of Representatives: Jane Berlcley (D-Nevada); Susan Davis (D-California); Jane Harman (D-California); Nita Lowey (D-New York); Jan Schalcowsky (D-IUinois); Allyson Schwartz (D-Pennsylvania);…

Why there’s Still a “Women’s Issue”

You go, girl! Germany has a new female head of state, Geena Davis’ compelling performance in Commander in Chief helps us imagine that America could, too. The presidents of prestigious…

Mazal Tov

…shuttle flight Atlantis in October. HELEN DAVIS of the Baltimore Jewish Times, JUDITH SLOAN DEUTSCH of the Washington Jewish Week, ELANA KUPERSTEIN of Women’s World, MARLENE ADLER MARKS of the…