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JWA chats with Persian-American cantor Jacqueline Rafii.

JWA chats with artist and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain about her new solo show, YOU ARE HERE, why nature inspires her, and why people who say they're not creative are wrong. 

The recently passed legislation provides pregnant workers with much-needed—and long overdue—protections. 

The film shines brightest as a catalog of one woman’s robust self-mythology, written and rewritten to protect herself from the reality of how she was perceived by the world.

JWA chats with Melissa R. Klapper about her groundbreaking work on American Jewish women’s history, including her forthcoming book, The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai.

JWA chats with Janice Weizman about her recently reissued novel, The Wayward Moon. 

Nambi is the first Ugandan woman to be officially ordained as a rabbi .

Sometimes it feels easier to show up at the same bar and sing every week than to really feel the weight of the moment we live in.

JWA chats with internationally recognized human rights lawyer Julie F. Kay.

The history of sex and sexuality in America is replete with episodes of repression and censure. But from Dr. Ruth, we learn an alternative narrative of joyful candor.

Leigh Bardugo's latest novel provides a layered summer read that is as shallow or as deep as the reader wants it to be.

JWA talks to Brazilian artist Giselle Beiguelman about her "Botannica Tirannica" exhibition, which explores how common botanical names both mirror and perpetuate societal prejudices. 

JWA chats with food blogger and recipe developer Alana Chandler. 

Three experiences converged and showed up one morning when I picked up my pen, and Joyful Song was born.

JWA talks to Aliza Shatzman, founder of the Legal Accountability Project.

JWA talks to Sarah Larsson, a Minneapolis-based folklorist, vocalist, and percussionist.

JWA talks to Rising Voices Fellowship alum Judy Ruden, an incoming first-year student at University of Texas-Austin, for our series marking the tenth anniversary of the fellowship. 

JWA chats with Ariella Davidov, Gender Justice Coordinator at the Office of the Queens Borough President in New York City. 

JWA chats with Ida Gillner from Shtoltse Lider, a Yiddish musical duo based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

By creating rules that restrict banks from charging excessive fees, the CFPB is pursuing the Jewish concept of tzedek.