Search results
Jun 24, 2024 · The Mexican Ashkenazi poet Gloria Gervitz (1943–2022) is known for her award-winning, book-length poem Migrations (Migraciones). This poem, an epic journey through the individual and collective memories of Ashkenazi women emigrants to Mexico, which she began writing in 1976, took her 44 years to complete.
1 day ago · Steinem was born on March 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio, [4] the daughter of Ruth (née Nuneviller) and Leo Steinem. Her mother was Presbyterian, mostly of German (including Prussian) and some Scottish descent. [11] [12] Her father was Jewish, the son of immigrants from Württemberg, Germany, and Radziejów, Poland.
Jun 12, 2024 · The 1964 musical gives audiences a window into Yiddish-speaking, rural Jewish life in 19th-century Europe. For many people, this image represents Jewish history as a whole. When most Americans...
5 days ago · Husband of vice-president Kamala Harris, Emhoff is the first Second Gentleman to sit in the White House. He is also the first Jewish spouse of an American president or vice president.
Jul 2, 2024 · " Cinderella ", [a] or " The Little Glass Slipper ", is a folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world. [2] [3] The protagonist is a young girl living in forsaken circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune, with her ascension to the throne via marriage.
Jun 14, 2024 · Pauline Perlmutter Steinem, like her granddaughter Gloria Steinem, was an ardent activist for women’s rights, especially suffrage. She was also involved in Jewish activism, serving many local Jewish organizations and devoting a considerable amount of her income to send Jews to Israel just before World War II began.
4 days ago · Keir Starmer, whose wife is Jewish, was sworn in Friday by King Charles III after the Labour Party won in a landslide. Though Starmer himself is not Jewish, his children are being raised...
