Showing 1 - 6 of 6
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

Maxine Kumin, 1925 - 2014

Among those of us who have been traveling in her wake for decades, she was and is a model of how to live, as well as how to write, courageously and sanely, with artistic craft and generosity, out of a profound love of our shared life.

Myra Hiatt Kraft, 1942 - 2011

I will remember Myra as a giving, passionate, courageous fighter for social justice for all and a lover of Israel and the Jewish people.

Bernice W. Kliman, 1933 - 2011

She found that her feminism conflicted with the synagogue practice of denying women a place on the bimah. Only later did she [find] a sympathetic rabbi and a group of congregants who also believed in women’s equality.

Suzanne Keller, 1927 - 2010

"Like 'The Man Who Came to Dinner,' I was the woman who came to Princeton."

Rusty Kanokogi, 1935 - 2009

Why judo? She fell in love with judo, not for the self-defense it afforded, but because it calmed her down. She already knew how to defend herself. She decided to channel her immense reserve of energy into this sport that instilled self-control.

Judith Krug, 1940 - 2009

The First Amendment lost a champion with the April 11 death of the director of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, who fought censorship for 40 years with courage, intelligence, and wit. A look back at the career of a library legend.

Donate

Help us elevate the voices of Jewish women.

donate now

Get JWA in your inbox

Read the latest from JWA from your inbox.

sign up now