From my sister-in-law, a vintage picture. I don’t know much about it, except that all these kids are wearing Purim costumes, and that one of them is Anne Frank.
(Which, yes, calls up all these feelings — both the feelings caused by her amazing book, as well as this article about my book about her…)
For hundreds of years, Jews were restricted to one small quarter of the city, giving rise to the term ‘ghetto.’
These remarkable Jewish women have shown extraordinary leaders, offered comfort and hope, and injected creativity into the Jewish world.
Among the first immigrants to the United States, the history and legacy of Sephardi and Mizrahi women has touched many facets of American and Jewish life.
