In her 105 years on earth, this trailblazing journalist changed the world for Jews and women
Ruth Gruber is the subject of the aptly-titled documentary 'Ahead of Time'
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Culture How The Fearless Adventurer Ruth Gruber Joined My Writing Group
My friend Ruth Gruber, who recently died late last year at age 105, was born before women could vote and lived long enough to cast her lot with Hillary. Reading her extraordinary obituary, I thought: she never got to see an American female president. Yet she did get the last word. We met in 1987,…
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The Schmooze Remembering Ruth Gruber: Indomitable Writer, Photographer and Friend
Ruth Gruber—fearless documentarian, photojournalist and memoirist who died on November 17th in New York at the age of 105 was a once-in-a- century phenomenon—fearless and best known for chronicling the saga of the ship “Exodus” in 1947— the basis for Leon Uris’s book Exodus” and epic film. Among my special Ruth Gruber memories: ‘Jewskimos’—the February…
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The Schmooze Romania’s Franz Josef Synagogue To Be Restored
Crossposted from Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments My sister Ruth Ellen Gruber recently reported on her Jewish Heritage Travel blog that our ancestral synagogue in Radauti, Romania is under restoration. The process appears to be proceeding quickly — a rare occurrence in Romania, where the Jewish community is overwhelmed with care for so many…
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Culture Ruth Gruber 1911-2016 : A Charming Hostess and a Stickler for the Truth
Ruth Gruber, a ground-breaking journalist, woman of deep integrity and no-nonsense photographer who reported on Jewish rescues from Nazis as well as exiles in the Soviet Arctic died on November 17, aged 105. When most American reporters were stuck at home or needed a specialized photographer to make images, she doggedly bucked the trend taking…
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Life Digest: A New ‘Morning-After’ Pill; Ruth Gruber Documentary
The Sisterhood Digest: According to protocols from former Israeli President Moshe Katzav’s recent trial for rape and other sex crimes, Katsav “saw women that were subordinate to him as a reserve from which he chose sexual objects,”. The defense has called the accusations “blood libel.” A verdict in the case is expected this fall. A…
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The Schmooze National Jewish Book Award Winners Announced
The National Jewish Book Award winners were announced Wednesday and there’s good cause for excitement. From an illustrated children’s bible to a gripping young adult novel based on the voyage of the M.S. St. Louis, here are the list of winning books: Jewish Book of the Year Award “Louis D. Brandeis: A Life,” by Melvin…
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