Jewish Women On the Map

Temple Beth Israel

Thu, 09 May 2013 02:42:46 +0000

Karen Soria is the first female rabbi to serve in Australia, although she was born and ordained in the United States. [1] She was originally from the Chicago area, and graduated from the HUC-JIR Reform Jewish seminary in 1981. [2] She then became Australia's first female rabbi, serving with congregations in Melbourne from 1981 until 1989. [2] Rabbi Soria later became the first female rabbi to serve in the U.S. Marines, which she did from 1992 until 1996; she was also the second female rabbi to serve in the U.S. Navy, a position she held from 1992 to 2003.

Location

Temple Beth Israel

76-82 Alma Rd

3182 St Kilda, VIC

Australia

The Western Wall

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:37:24 +0000

The Western Wall-Modern Micha Mocha

Location

The Western Wall Jerusalem

Israel

National Headquarters of Bald Girls Do Lunch nonprofit organization

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:50:24 +0000

JWI's International Conference on Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community

sbenson — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:09:48 +0000

sbenson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:58:12 +0000

Rockland County 10956 Rockland, NY

United States

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange

sbenson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:36:55 +0000

Since its founding in September 1976, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange has produced more than 100 innovative dance/theatre works, presented thousands

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Liz Lerman Dance Exchange

7117 Maple Avenue

Barnard College

sbenson — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:17:11 +0000

"For the first time in American economic life, the people are disturbed and frightened … There is something rotten in America; it is your job to lead the way out,"

Location

Barnard College

3009 Broadway

10027 New York, NY

United States

Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award

sbenson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:56:53 +0000

Middlebury College 5753 Middlebury, VT

United States

College of St. Joseph

sbenson — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:01:01 +0000

Annie Fisher Multi Magnet School

280 Plainfield St .

6112 Hartford, CT

United States

Community Enterprises, Inc./Project AIM

EImber — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:49:16 +0000

Princeton University 8544 Princeton, NJ

United States

Site of the 1929 Loray Textile Mill Strike

EImber — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:20:43 +0000

Carnegie Hall

881 7th Ave

10019 New York, NY

United States

EImber — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:06:11 +0000

Lois Levin Roisman (1938-2008), the founding director of the Jewish Fund for Justice and a Judaic poet and playwright, was born here.

Location

Birthplace of Lois Levin Roisman Brenham, TX

United States

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:39:30 +0000

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center was founded by Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor in 1995.

Location

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center

1532 S. Third St

47802 Terre Haute, IN

United States

Greater St. Louis Citizen's Committee for Nuclear Information

EImber — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:36:30 +0000

Muriel Rukeyser's Poem "Rune"

7500 Maple Avenue

Tahoma Park, MD

United States

Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:22:57 +0000

Location

Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center

116 Johnson Rd.

6031 Falls Village, CT

United States

Western Michigan University, English Department

EImber — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:32:42 +0000

Birthplace of Felice Cohn Carson City, NV

United States

1977 National Women's Conference in Houston

lberkenwald — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:53:32 +0000

Temple Shaarai Shomayim

75 East James Street

17602 Lancaster, PA

United States

Jake and Annie Livshis's house, where Emma Goldman came to stay.

ggethner — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:18:21 +0000

Jake and Annie Livshis were Russian immigrants who settled in Chicago and became involved in the anarchist movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Location

Jake and Annie Livshis's house, where Emma Goldman came to stay.

2038 W. Potomac Ave

Chicago, IL

United States

The Julliard School

ggethner — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:02:51 +0000

University of Pittsburgh 5260 Pittsburgh, PA

United States

Temple Israel

ekrothman — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:56:48 +0000

In 1992, Temple Israel of Hollywood became the first synagogue in Jewish history to name its main Sanctuary not only in memory of its distinguished rabbi, but also in honor of its rebbitzin -- Rabbi M

Location

Temple Israel

7300 Hollywood Blvd.

USA Hollywood

United States

Childhood home of Norma Fox Mazer

ekrothman — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:47:03 +0000

Marilyn Gilbert Artist Management, Inc.

1153 Queen St W., Suite 201

M6J 1J4 Toronto, ON

Canada

Center for Global Law and Practice, Syracuse University

ekrothman — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:08:05 +0000

Founded in 1988 by Human Rights lawyer Donna Arzt to promote the study of international and comparative law.

Location

Center for Global Law and Practice, Syracuse University

Syracuse University Law School

Syracuse, NY

United States

Nishmah: The St. Louis Jewish Women's Project

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:19:01 +0000

Nishmah: The St. Louis Jewish Women's Project was co-founded by Karen Sher and Ronit Sherwin in 2005.

Location

Nishmah: The St. Louis Jewish Women's Project 63105 St. Louis, MO

United States

Boston Children's Theatre

lberkenwald — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:19:41 +0000

Julie Taymor studied theater here from age 10 up until her last year of high school.

Location

Boston Children's Theatre

316 Huntington Ave

Boston, MA

United States

Hannah Arendt's childhood home

lberkenwald — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:11:41 +0000

"As a physician, biostatistician, and demographer, Mindel Cherniack Sheps was acutely aware of the role science could play as a powerful social force:

Location

Winnipeg, birthplace of demographer Mindel Cherniack Sheps Winnipeg, MB

Canada

Montreal, home of teacher/poet/writer Shulamis Yelin

adavidow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:54:34 +0000

"Shulamis Borodensky Yelin was born in Montreal on April 12, 1913. Her parents had emigrated from Chernobyl three years earlier." As a poet and educator, she had a great influence.

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Montreal, home of teacher/poet/writer Shulamis Yelin Montreal, QC

Canada

Colorado state capitol building

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:22:47 +0000

There are sixteen stained-glass windows in the dome of Colorado’s state capitol, each one illustrating a pioneer who was an important influence on Colorado’s development.

Location

Colorado state capitol building Denver, CO

United States

Bathroom of Saul's Deli in Berkeley

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:03:51 +0000

Saul's has the distinction of having an Emma Goldman Women of Valor poster hanging in the bathroom! A friend was excited to see it a few months back, and sent me this photo.

http://saulsdeli.com/

Location

Bathroom of Saul's Deli in Berkeley

1475 Shattuck Avenue

94709 Berkeley, CA

United States

Last performance of Adah Isaacs Menken

lberkenwald — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:50 +0000

The "Racy actress," Adah Isaacs Menken gave her last stage performance, in London, on May

Location

Last performance of Adah Isaacs Menken London

Algonquin Hotel

lberkenwald — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:16:15 +0000

Singer Sylvia Blagman Syms died during a standing ovation at the Algonquin Hotel in 1992 of a heart attack.

http://jwa.org/thisweek/may/10/1992/sylvia-blagman-syms

Location

Algonquin Hotel

59 West 44th Street

New York City, NY

United States

Jewish Publication Society

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:15:40 +0000

Henrietta Szold worked at this former office of the Jewish Publication Society from 1893-1916. JPS's current address is 2100 Arch Street.

Location

Jewish Publication Society

1015 Arch Street

Jewish Publication Society

1015 Arch Street

Site of the Triangle Waist Company fire

Washington Place and Greene Street

Hadassah Southern California

10495 W Santa Monica Blvd

90025 Los Angeles, CA

United States

Edna Ferber's hometown

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:24:53 +0000

Home of Lillian Freiman Ottowa, ON

Canada

Home of Rosanna Dyer Osterman

lberkenwald — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:40:13 +0000

Israel Levin Senior Adult Center

201 Ocean Front Walk

90291-2408 Venice, CA

United States

Gertrude Elion interviews at Burroughs Wellcome, June 1944

adavidow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:20:40 +0000

In June 1944, as Elion was weighing several job offers with which she was not quite satisfied, her father received a sample of painkiller at his dental office.

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Gertrude Elion interviews at Burroughs Wellcome, June 1944 Tuckahoe, NY

United States

Dianne Feinstein Elementary School

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:14:08 +0000

A San Francisco Public School named for CA Senator Dianne Feinstein, http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/feinstein-dianne.

Location

Dianne Feinstein Elementary School

2550 25th Ave.

The Dinner Party - Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Parkway

Brooklyn, NY

United States

Maennerchor Hall

adavidow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:01:08 +0000

On this location, April 14, 1875, a "Spelling Bee" was held as a benefit for the first Hebrew Sunday School, started by Rebecca Gratz in 1838, on her fifty-seventh birthday "with sixty students enroll

Location

Maennerchor Hall

franklin st. and fairmount ave

19123 Philadelphia, PA

United States

The Baltimore Museum of Art

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:58:16 +0000

The Baltimore Museum of art, permanent home of the Cone Collection, Claribel and Etta Cone's collection of modern art.

Photo 1: Photo courtesy The Baltimore Museum of Art

Location

The Baltimore Museum of Art

10 Art Museum Drive

21218 Baltimore, MD

United States

Hawaii State House

lberkenwald — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:53:05 +0000

Linda Lingle is the second Jewish woman governor in the history of the United States.

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Hawaii State House 96813 Honolulu, HI

United States

Lombard Street

lberkenwald — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:34:32 +0000

Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, grew up on Lombard Street in Baltimore, Maryland.

Photo credit: cc-by-nc-sa, Andrew Bossi, Flickr.

Location

Lombard Street

Baltimore, MD

United States

Emma Goldman's grave

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:12:39 +0000

Grave of the great Anarchist orator, writer, organizer, agitator at Forest Park Cemetery (formerly Waldheim Cemetery).

Location

Emma Goldman's grave Forest Park, IL

United States