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December 2011

The Top 10 Moments for Jewish Women in 2011

Camille-Levin and Naama Shafir 2.jpg In fields ranging from politics to journalism, from film to sports, Jewish women accomplished great things in 2011. We celebrate them in JWA's annual list of the top 10 moments for North American Jewish women in 2011.
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 JWA wishes you a Happy Hanukkah!

Hanukkah-2011-screenshot for eletter Who are the women who light up your life? This is the question we posed to people attending the First Lights Festival in Brookline, MA. A variety of passersby helped JWA create a community art project honoring the women who make our lives brighter. We share the spirit of this event with you in our latest video and wish you a warm, bright, and very happy Hanukkah.
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 So, laugh a little!

Making Trouble trailer screenshot Do you have plans for New Years Eve? Too cold to venture out for First Night activities? Leftover Hanukkah gelt burning a hole in your pocket? Curl up at home with six of the greatest female comic performers of the last century — Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, and Wendy Wasserstein.  

JWA's film Making Trouble brings their stories to life and gets at the heart of what it means to be Jewish, female, and funny.
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Paula Hyman, z''l
Pioneering Jewish feminist, social historian, and supporter of the Jewish Women's Archive, Paula Hyman died at 65.
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This Week in History
On December 28, 1944, lyricist Betty Comden's first hit, "On the Town," opened on Broadway.
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