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Jewish women

Women of Reform Judaism members (from left) Robin Cohen, Julia Weinstein, Julia Wackenheim and Deb Lelchuk at the May 21, 2019 "Ban the Bans" rally at the Supreme Court.(Photo/Courtesy Robin Cohen)
Posted inBay Area

Local Jewish women’s groups are ready to fight for abortion

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 9, 2022May 10, 2022

Linda Kurtz was at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on May 2, watching Evgeny Kissin perform Bach and Mozart. She stepped out at intermission to check her phone and […]

Twenty-two years after Judy Jacobs (far left) and Mary Garmo Gold (third from right) were bridesmaids at her wedding, Janet joins them every month or so for lunch in Alameda. (Photo/Cathleen Maclearie)
Posted inAct Two

That’s what old friends are for — especially as we age

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent March 17, 2022
Tsvi Reiter, Yvonne Reiter and Hei Le participate in Yvonne’s bat mitzvah ceremony, which was performed over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo/The Conversation-Lindsey Wasson-Getty Images News via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The first bat mitzvah was 100 years ago, and has been opening doors for Jewish women ever since

Lisa Fishbayn Joffelogo of The Conversation by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and The Conversation March 15, 2022March 15, 2022
From the society page in our Sept. 1, 1922 edition
Posted inFrom the Archives

Once upon a time, our ‘Society’ pages chronicled the lives of Jewish women

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 9, 2022
Jenette Woskow, with children Xavier and Elise, is the marketing and publicity chair of Kesher Oak Hadassah, a relatively new chapter of Hadassah, the venerable Zionist women's group.
Posted inNews

New East Bay Hadassah chapter focuses on women in 30s and 40s

by Liz Harris July 12, 2021July 21, 2021
stacks of kippot in all sizes and colors at a market in Israel
Posted inFirst Person

As a woman, wearing a kippah is a transgressive act

Patricia Keer Munro by Patricia Keer Munro April 10, 2019April 11, 2019
Miriam Peretz (left) and Eliyahu Sills of the Ladino Project (Photo/Victoria Bahr)
Posted inCulture

Telling women’s stories through Ladino music and dance

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 29, 2018May 29, 2018

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