"Camp Be’chol Lashon gives campers the opportunity to share their cultural identity. This is powerful for Jewish kids of color from transracially adopted families, who often receive the message that they should keep quiet about the elephant in the room:" buff.ly/SitTl3O

Great op ed by my friend and colleague @judithrosenbaum.bsky.social. But I wish it wasn't necessary for her to write it. www.jta.org/2025/04/02/i...

This is so infuriating. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Such an amazing group of writers!

Such a loss to the Jewish community!

Join us in welcoming our inaugural cohort for The Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color! Rachel Faulkner is a community organize and anti-racist educator passionate about ensuring that the voices of Jewish Women of Color are centered in Judaism and the world. buff.ly/ApRP8cW

JWA is excited to introduce the inaugural cohort of The Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color! Stints in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, England, Canada, Ethiopia, and the US, coupled with education in law, biology & econ give Sai Jallow Edelstein a wry perspective: buff.ly/ApRP8cW

JWA is excited to announce our brand new line of merch 🥳 From an Old Hollywood starlet to the first ordained woman rabbi to a woman in traditional Mizrahi garb, our new collection highlights bold figures who have shaped our past and inspire our future. Browse the collection: https://jwa.org/shop

I'm so excited to share that this project I've been working on for the past few years has finally come to fruition! We have an amazing first cohort of the Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color!

Know a teen writer who is passionate about Judaism, feminism, and social justice? JWA is accepting applications for the 2025-26 Rising Voices Fellowship! Tell the future leader in your life to apply by April 1, 2025. More info: https://buff.ly/4hJE73s

JWA's new Online History Course on "Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Global Jewish Experience" starts this Thursday! Please join us!

On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, read JWA's new interview with Heather Dune Macadam, director of the new film "999: The Forgotten Girls" (screening in DC today, if you're in the DC area):

Important words from Deborah Lipstadt, former special envoy to combat antisemitism: "As the new administration begins and I leave this position, I have come to see, more clearly, that this oft-debated left/right question — that is, which side is worse — often serves as a political smoke screen."

Let us know who else should be included in this Jewish feminist starter pack!

JWA's first online history course of 2025 has officially arrived! ✨ Join us Thursdays at 12 PM from Feb 13 - Mar 6 for Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Global Jewish Experience. Register: https://buff.ly/3CkgBuw

JWA Book Talks return this week! 📚 Join us Thur, Jan 16, 8 PM ET with Anya Liftig, author of "Holler Rat: A Memoir." A funny, vivid, and heartbreaking memoir about forging identity in the chasm between cultures and classes. Register: https://buff.ly/429AW02

"My husband and I started Tikvah Chadasha Uganda because we realized that impoverished women and the disabled were the most underserved members of society. We work primarily with members of the Jewish community of Uganda." JWA chats with Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba:

JWA's Winter 2025 Book Picks are here! Dive into feminist speculative fiction, an intergenerational Mizrahi saga, an exposé on maternal healthcare, and inspiring stories of Jewish women trailblazers past and present. Grab tea (or wine—we won’t judge) and explore our list: buff.ly/3B4hdUF

JWA's Online History Course: Jewish Women's Protest in the U.S. continues Thursday, Nov 21, at 8 PM ET with Annelise Orleck to explore Jewish Women and Labor Activism. More info and register: https://buff.ly/4ezIcVN

Charlotte Charlaque became one of the first transgender women to receive gender-affirmative surgery at the Institute in the 1930s and helped other transgender patients at the institute. Read more about Charlaque in our new encyclopedia entry: https://buff.ly/3UU5mzj

Are you a Jewish woman or gender-expansive person of color* looking to build momentum in your writing career? JWA is accepting applications for the inaugural Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color! Learn more and apply: https://buff.ly/4fr6oei