Susan Barocas
Perhaps we can create our own seven species… qualities for this time to help us focus on what we need to find in abundance within ourselves.
The Promise of Tu B’Shevat
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Creating a Reflection of Myself
Daisy Friedman
My whole pre-teen and teenage life, I watched films and television shows and thought, “Where am I?” Never before had I seen a girl with a subway map of scars on her body get the guy of her dreams. I had never seen a girl who used a walker be the prom queen.
7 Jewish Feminist Highlights of 2020
Helene Meyers
Even with all its tsuris [Yiddish for trouble, and not the good kind], 2020 had some bright spots for Jewish feminists.
Embracing a Different Hanukkah
Susan Barocas
This year, so much about our lives, including how we celebrate holidays, is different, which makes it a perfect time to move beyond potato latkes and embrace some new ideas for delicious Hanukkah eating.
Connecting Jewish Tradition with Black Fugitive Legacies
Chanel Dubofsky
Artists are memory workers – they witness and then create, they bring things back. We have the tools, we can create a way out of nothing. That’s what artists offer right now.
Black Jewish Women Artists You Should Know… Tatiana Wechsler
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Art–whether it be dancing, painting, drawing, film–creates a space for self-examination, helping us to envision possible futures, and better versions of ourselves. And the Jewish month of Elul is traditionally… Read more »
Black Jewish Women Artists You Should Know… Nirit Takele
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I say this to myself and to anyone who wants to achieve something– always strive towards the goal and take the small steps that will bring you closer to it.
Black Jewish Women Artists You Should Know… Ayeola Omolara Kaplan
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I am a queer, black, multimedia artist creating artworks that empower and educate the black diaspora and those interested in supporting our liberation.
Black Jewish Women Artists You Should Know…Rachel Harrison-Gordon
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Before I thought I could or would be a filmmaker, my partner and in-laws gifted me a beautiful photography camera. It changed the course of my life.
Countering Isolation with Poetry
Elana Rebitzer
Poets use language as a means of connection and coping that makes the listener, in turn, feel just a little bit less alone.