Phyllis Sommer
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
Through her blogs, Rabbi Phyllis Sommer has created virtual communities of Jews all over the world. Her blog, Superman Sam, told of her son’s battle with leukemia [before his death in 2013] and still raises awareness of, and funding for, pediatric cancer research. She is a brilliant, beautiful writer who can make you laugh and cry in the same post.
— Eleanor Steinman
"Why I became the Forward’s Editor-in-Chief"
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