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Chelsea Handler is named to Time’s 100 Most Influential People.

April 18, 2012

"A handful of years ago no one in entertainment had heard of her.” Chelsea Handler

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/apr/18/2012/chelsea-handler-is-named-to-time-s-100-most-influential-people

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2005

JWA features many stories of the Holocaust era, those who were lost, those who survived, and those who aided people in peril.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jan/27/2005/international-holocaust-remembrance-day

Henrietta Szold and the First Graduating Class of Hadassah Nurses Training School, 1921

Henrietta Szold sends nurses Rose Kaplan and Rachel Landy to Palestine to begin the work of Hadassah.

January 18, 1913

"This is what your group ought to do … You should do practical work in Palestine."

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jan/18/1913/henrietta-szold-sends-nurses-rose-kaplan-and-rachel-landy-to-palestine-to-begin

Sculpture Atmosphere and Environment X, 1969

Birth of sculptor Louise Nevelson

September 23, 1899

“If an object is in the right place, it is enhanced to grandeur." - Sculptor Louise Nevelson

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/sep/23/1900/birth-of-sculptor-louise-nevelson

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Birth of Victorian painter Rebecca Solomon

September 26, 1832

"That Rebecca Solomon was among the first Jewish women artists, if not the first, makes her career and artwork even more important.”

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/sep/26/1832/birth-of-victorian-painter-rebecca-solomon

Steve Benson on Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein Moving in Together Thumbnail

Alice B. Toklas Moves In Permanently with Gertrude Stein

September 9, 1910

Alice Babette Toklas heard distinct chiming when she met Gertrude Stein.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/sep/09/1910/alice-babette-toklas-moves-in-permanently-with-gertrude-stein

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Birth of Cass Elliot

September 19, 1941

"If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond." - "Mama" Cass Elliot

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/sep/19/1943/birth-of-mama-cass-elliot

Death of Writer and Comedian Selma Diamond

May 13, 1985

Selma Diamond was hard to miss, in a writer’s room, on a talk show, or in situation comedy.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/sep/05/1985/death-of-writer-and-comedian-selma-diamond

Long-lost Poem by War Heroine Hannah Szenes is Found

September 2, 2012

A poem by WWII hero Hannah Szenes was discovered 68 years after her death.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/sep/02/2012/long-lost-poem-by-war-heroine-hannah-szenes-is-found

Adrienne Cooper at KlezKanada, August 19, 2008

Birth of Adrienne Cooper, Performer and Interpreter of Yiddish Song

September 1, 1946

Adrienne Cooper was in a way the mother of the Yiddish revival.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/sep/01/1946/birth-of-adrienne-cooper-performer-and-interpreter-of-yiddish-song

Bonnie Franklin and the "One Day at a Time" Cast, 1975

“One Day at a Time” starring Bonnie Franklin begins its second season.

September 28, 1976

"I just want to say, ‘C’mon guys, I’m an intelligent person, why don’t you just trust me?’ But you can’t give up.” - Actress Bonnie Franklin

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/sep/28/1976/one-day-at-time-starring-bonnie-franklin-begins-its-second-season

Judith Rosenbaum on Nina Totenberg and the Anita Hill hearings Thumbnail

Nina Totenberg’s Journalism Ignites the Anita Hill Hearings

October 11, 1991

“The [Anita Hill] hearings ripped open the subject of sexual harassment like some sort of long-festering sore."

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/oct/11/1991/nina-totenberg-s-journalism-ignites-anita-hill-hearings

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Birth of Beate Sirota Gordon, who wrote equality into the postwar Japanese constitution

October 25, 1923

"Colonel Kades said, 'Miss Sirota has her heart set on the women's rights clause, so why don't we pass it?'"

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/oct/25/1923/birth-of-beate-sirota-gordon-who-wrote-equality-into-post-war-japanese

Birth of Harriet Fleischl Pilpel, Pioneer for the Right to Privacy and Free Speech

December 2, 1911

Lawyer Harriet Fleischl Pilpel provides the historical link between birth control activist Margaret Sanger and feminist Betty Friedan.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/dec/02/1911/birth-of-harriet-fleischl-pilpel-pioneer-for-right-to-privacy-and-free-speech

Fania Mindell arrested for distributing birth control material

October 26, 1916

Fania Mindell, Margaret Sanger, and Ethel Byrne opened the first birth control clinic in the United States in Brooklyn in 1916.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/oct/26/1916/fania-mindell-arrested-for-distributing-birth-control-material

Death of writer Amy K. Blank

September 17, 1990

Amy Blank's poetry expressed the gentleness, insight, and devotion for which she was known.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/sep/17/1990/death-of-writer-amy-k-blank

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Death of Carolyn Goodman, not just a Jewish mother

August 17, 2007

“I'm not looking for revenge, but I am looking for justice." - Carolyn Goodman

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/17/2007/death-of-carolyn-goodman-not-just-jewish-mother

Death of pediatric allergist Gail Greenberg Shapiro

August 25, 2006

Dr. Gail G. Shapiro treated over 36,000 asthma patients over 31 years of work at the same hospital.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/25/2006/death-of-pediatric-allergist-gail-greenberg-shapiro

Birth of novelist Jacqueline Susann

August 20, 1921

Jacqueline Susann was the first writer to have three consecutive novels hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/20/1921/birth-of-novelist-jacqueline-susanne

Androgynous artist Gluck is born

August 13, 1895

The artist Gluck's will to define herself by her own standards extended not only to her name, but also to every aspect of her life.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/13/1895/androgynous-artist-gluck-is-born

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Ellen, Bonnie, Heather, and Sylvie write home from Freedom Summer

August 12, 1964

“Baby, it takes coming down here to grasp all this no matter how many books we’ve read.”

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/12/1964/ellen-bonnie-heather-and-sylvie-write-home-from-freedom-summer

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Actress Hedy Lamarr patents the basis for WiFi

August 11, 1942

“All creative people want to do the unexpected.” — Actress Hedy Lamarr

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/11/1942/actress-hedy-lamarr-patents-basis-for-wifi

Death of film critic Judith Crist

August 7, 2012

“The critics who love are the severe ones. We know our relationship must be based on honesty.” - Movie critic Judith Crist

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/07/2012/death-of-film-critic-judith-crist

Death of prima ballerina Melissa Hayden

August 9, 2006

“Blunt honesty and generosity in [Melissa Hayden's] life and dancing, that was her name.”

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/aug/09/2006/death-of-prima-ballerina-melissa-hayden

Birth of Yiddish historian Chava Turniansky

July 21, 1937

"Yiddish is a language rich in humor, depth and expression.” - Historian Chava Turniansky

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/21/1937/birth-of-yiddish-historian-chava-turniansky

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