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My mother and I are out walking. I ask if she remembers the women in that building in the Bronx. “Of course,” she replies. I tell her I’ve always thought sexual rage was what made them so crazy.…
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Vivian Gornick
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1987
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Merv:Sara, can I have my shirt? I’ve got a lunch date with the rabbi of Dublin.Sara:Mervyn, you came all the way to Queen Anne’s Gate. Please sit a minute.Tess:Sit down, Merv. I’ll get your shirt. Win…
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Wendy Wasserstein
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1993
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“You be the man. You lead!”
So his mother commanded him, taking his reluctant hands and putting them firmly around her middle. “Go on, lead!” She smiled at him. He could feel her breath on his face…
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David Grossman
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1991
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Abel Pann devoted much of his artistic career to painting and drawing scenes from the Hebrew Bible. Like other Jewish artists who worked in this genre, such as Ephraim Moses Lilien and Ze’ev Raban, he…
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Abel Pann
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1945
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Recently, Jewish feminists have turned toward the biblical figure of Miriam to expand women’s place in Jewish traditions. Penina Moïse anticipated the potential innovative role Miriam might play.
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Penina Moïse
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Charleston, United States of America
Date:
1833
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As the first and most beautiful relationship in which woman is undeniably necessary to man—the object of his first affections, to whom he owes all of cherishing, happiness, and health, from infancy to…
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Grace Aguilar
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Brighton, United Kingdom
Date:
1844
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Carucci is known for exploring the complex intimacies of family life in her photographs. She has said that she doesn’t deliberately set out to be provocative but rather strives for unflinching honesty…
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Elinor Carucci
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
2001