Judith Rosenbaum, PhD, is executive director of the Jewish Women’s Archive.
Judith Rosenbaum
By Judith Rosenbaum
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Life The Hypocrisy of the Orthodox Union’s Ban on Women Clerics
I almost didn’t bother to write this piece. I’m not Orthodox, and in any case, the Orthodox Union (OU)’s recent statement barring women from serving as clergy feels like an announcement of its own obsolescence. But as a scholar of Jewish women’s history; as the executive director of the Jewish Women’s Archive which has documented…
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Life In the Era of Candidate Clinton, Remember The Challenges of Becoming a Female Leader
This should be a great season for women’s leadership: for the first time in history, a woman is a major party’s nominee for the US presidency. And yet, for every time I see my daughter’s eyes shine with possibility as she witnesses Hillary on the campaign trail, I have also experienced a moment of despair,…
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Community What It Was Like to Watch Hillary Clinton Shatter the Glass Ceiling
“Watch out for the shattered glass!” an usher cheerfully warned as we streamed into the Wells Fargo Center yesterday. It was hokey, but I smiled, feeling a shiver of delight and awe despite the 90-plus degree heat. I came to the Democratic National Convention because I couldn’t resist the opportunity to be a witness to…
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Life Why I Hope This Isn’t ‘Year of the Jewish Woman’
First of all, let me make clear that I sincerely hope this isn’t “The Year of the Jewish Woman,” as the headline of the Jewish Daily Forward’s “Forward 50” list proclaims. One year isn’t enough for me; I’m aiming for a world in which Jewish women—and all people—get the opportunities and recognition they deserve every…
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Food The Real Housewives of the Lower East Side
Cross posted from Jewess with Attitude. One hundred and ten years ago today, something surprising happened. Jewish immigrant housewives in New York City — concerned and angry about a sharp rise in the price of kosher meat from 12 cents to 18 cents per pound — launched a kosher meat boycott that lasted nearly a…
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Life Kagan’s Bat Mitzvah Marked a Watershed Moment
I’ve been loving the coverage of Elena Kagan’s youthful challenge of her rabbi over her right to have a bat mitzvah. I love it because it confirms what I’ve always believed — that the chutzpah of young girls is not just pre-teen attitude but a sign of inner strength and a harbinger of great things…
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Life New Jewish Hall of Fame: Women Who Made the Cut
The results are in from the National Museum of American Jewish History’s poll to select the 18 individuals to be featured in their “Only in America” Hall of Fame. The results are not too surprising. Of the 18, six are women, and their names are familiar to most: Henrietta Szold, Golda Meir, Barbra Streisand, Emma…
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