Erica Brody
By Erica Brody
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News Founding Feminism: Two Looks Back at the Struggle
Susan Weidman Schneider could never have guessed what would follow when, in 1973, she accepted an invitation to lunch from Aviva Cantor, an editor at Hadassah Magazine. Even when Schneider, then a freelance writer, agreed to become involved with a new feminist magazine for Jewish women, she wouldn’t have predicted what it would mean for…
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News OUT OF AFRICA: THE FALASH MURA
As the reports of impending famine in Ethiopia become increasingly alarming, a photography exhibit opening this week focuses on the Falash Mura, a minute group among Ethiopia’s 67.5 million inhabitants. The Falash Mura comprise the descendants of Ethiopians who converted to Christianity from Judaism under duress, most of whom have returned to the faith of…
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News STRANGERS IN THE LAND
In 1866, there were 22 Jews in all of Norway, according to census records, and in 1900 there were 642. Bear in mind, of course, that this Scandinavian country is only slightly larger than New Mexico. By 1942 the number had grown to 2,200, about a third of whom were deported to German concentration camps….
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News JANET SHAFNER: PAINTING THE PORTIONS
In “Women of Mystery, Men of Prophecy: Biblical Images” at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, Janet Shafner explores the stories of the Hebrew Bible, portraying its characters so that they have resonance in a world far from Eden. Shafner sees many parallels between our own times and theirs, evidenced by the prevalent themes of war,…
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