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If we sang praises to the Lord
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If we sang praises to the Lord Every day with as much care As He takes in giving us joy And in showing His favor in every part of our lives, Then our suffering would not be relentless And no great…

Contributor:

Leonor de Carvajal

Places:

Spanish Empire (Mexico City, Mexico)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Poetry, Women, Inquisition, Diaspora, Piety

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry
The Jewish Woman’s Opportunity for Service
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Noted for Service, the Jewish woman, especially in America, faces her greatest opportunities. It has always been the same story for her. Her home has been the circle from which she has radiated…

Contributor:

Belle Moskowitz

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1917

Subjects:

Women, Jewish identity, Charity, Community, Diaspora

Categories:

Political Culture, Reportage
Jewish Women and Zionism
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When history recounts the life and fortune of the peoples who lived in various epochs, when it lets us believe in the marvelous strides that they had made, whether in the field of war, or for…

Contributor:

Klara

Places:

Plovdiv, Ottoman Empire (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Activism, Women, Human rights, Diaspora, Jewish identity

Categories:

Political Culture, History
Responsa hatam Sofer, Orah hayim 36
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Indeed, in the countries where we reside, where the gentile women walk about bareheaded, but our mothers did not go out like that and were most careful on that score, concerned as they were about…

Contributor:

Moses Sofer

Places:

Pressburg, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Slovakia)

Date:

1839

Subjects:

Talmud, Diaspora, Halakhah, Kabbalah, Women

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Rabbinic Commentary, Responsa, Law