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For decades her works have been touchstones for women — especially Jewish American women
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Culture Why the ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ movie is for grown-ups more than girls
The new adaptation of Judy Blume's 1970 classic might really be about Margaret's mother
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Fast Forward Deborah Lipstadt, Judy Blume, Evan Gershkovich among Time’s ‘Most Influential People’
Lipstadt, Holocaust scholar and ambassador to combat antisemitism, lauded as ‘woman of valor’
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Culture Are you there, Judy Blume? It’s me, Molly.
I spent my childhood summers in a small beach town near Mystic, Conn., swimming in the frigid Fishers Island Sound, catching crabs by affixing sliced hot dogs — or, in a pinch, mussels crushed beneath a paving stone — to thick white string and dangling the bait off the dock. I accompanied my older cousin…
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Culture What Judy Blume taught me about sex, female friendship and hot tubs
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published for Judy Blume’s 80th birthday on February 12, 2018. We’ve republished it in honor of her 82nd birthday. It may not have actually happened this way, but this is how I remember learning about sex: My mother, when I was 11, bought me a copy of Elizabeth Forsythe…
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The Schmooze “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is Coming to the Big Screen 50 Years Later
“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is becoming a movie and our sixth grade selves are clutching our Lisa Frank stickers and the Silly Bandz coiled around our wrists in joyous celebration. The endearingly raw young adult novel was released in an age when the concept of accumulating a certain amount of likes on…
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The Schmooze Finally – Judy Blume’s Books Are Going To Be Made Into Movies
Are you there, God? It’s me, a former adolescent, getting in touch to say thank you for this wonderful news, and also we must, we must, we must increase our busts (because it’s never too late for prayer). This news is better than getting your period for the first time. Better than getting paired with…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks With Jane Eisner, And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Thursday is part of the weekend, right? This week, definitely: On Thursday night, Supreme Court Justice and pop culture icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg will speak with Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner at Washington D.C.’s Adas Israel Congregation. While the event itself is sold out, the Forward will be livestreaming it; learn how to watch it, here….
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