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Writer-Directors
Near the end of her life, Nora Ephron reached out to Lena Dunham. She had seen Dunham’s film Tiny Furniture, and surely recognized herself in the young, talented writer and actress. The kinship between...
View ArticleEdith Flagg
Edith Flagg built a multi–million–dollar fashion empire through her innovative use of polyester. Born Edith Feuerstein and raised in Romania, she returned to Vienna to study fashion at age fifteen....
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“One Day at a Time” starring Bonnie Franklin begins its second season.
The One Day at a TIme cast in 1975. Clockwise from left:Bonnie Franklin (Ann Romano), Mackenzie Phillips (Julie Cooper), and Valerie Bertinelli (Barbara Cooper). Photo in the public domain.September...
View ArticleMarlee Matlin
Marlee Matlin made history in 1986 as both the youngest actress to win an Academy Award for Best Leading Actress and the first deaf person to win the award. Matlin lost her hearing when she was...
View ArticleRashida Jones
Rashida Jones has starred in dozens of films, but is best known for her roles on TV shows like The Office and Parks and Recreation. Jones is the child of black musician/producer Quincy Jones and Jewish...
View ArticleJulianna Margulies
Juliana Margulies has earned the most SAG awards of any woman in the Screen Actors Guild for her starring roles on ER and The Good Wife. Margulies earned a BA from Sarah Lawrence College before making...
View ArticleAlyson Hannigan
From her role as an unconventional flautist in American Pie to that of a lesbian witch on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, actress Alyson Hannigan has delighted in turning audience expectations on their...
View ArticleLizzy Caplan
Lizzy Caplan was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2014 for her portrayal of Virginia Johnson on the TV show Masters of Sex. Elizabeth Caplan graduated from the Alexander Hamilton High School Academy of...
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Death of writer and comedian Selma Diamond
Selma Diamond as bailiff Selma Hacker in Night Court. Photo in the public domain.September 5, 1985Selma Diamond once said that working as the only woman in a quintet of writers was “like being Red...
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Anita Diamant
Both through her writing and through her work as founding president of Mayyim Hayyim, Anita Diamant has breathed new life into Jewish midrash and rituals. Diamant graduated from Washington University...
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Joan Rivers, 1933 - 2014
Joan Rivers performing in 2009. Public domain.“I am not the ideal Jewish woman,” Joan Rivers admits in a comedy act filmed in the Jewish Women’s Archive film, Making Trouble.“I love to take [my...
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Top Ten Moments For Jewish Women In 2014
Goodbye, 2014!I’ve already expressed my feelings on the whole “year of the Jewish woman” thing, but that’s not to say we shouldn’t celebrate the many great moments for Jewish women in 2014. Here, in no...
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Lilli Palmer
Actress Lilli Palmer fled Nazi Germany to make a place for herself in Hollywood, but chose to return after the war, becoming celebrated once again in her home country. Palmer studied drama at Germany’s...
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Sasha Cohen
Figure skater Alexandra “Sasha” Cohen won a silver medal at the 2006 Olympics and popularized the difficult I-spin, which many now call the “Sasha spin” in her honor. Cohen began doing gymnastics as a...
View ArticleBonnie Bernstein
One of the most accomplished female sportscasters in history, Bonnie Bernstein combines her role as on-air journalist with her work behind the scenes as vice president of Campus Insiders, a leading...
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Dana Jacobson
Dana Jacobson has showed resilience in her career as a sportscaster, transitioning from television to radio while remaining a trusted female anchor in a male-dominated field. Jacobson graduated from...
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Chelsea Handler is named to Time’s 100 Most Influential People.
Chelsea Handler dancing in 2007. Photo by Peter Dutton from Wikimedia Commons.April 18, 2012Born on February 25, 1975 in Livingston, New Jersey, Chelsea Handler was the youngest of the six children of...
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Roseanne
Roseanne Barr shattered stereotypes of femininity and motherhood with her raunchy, iconoclastic comedy. Barr left home for Colorado in 1970, married Bill Pentland in 1974, and had three children while...
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Sallyann Amdur Sack
Sallyann Amdur Sack has often been called the godmother of Jewish genealogy for creating the resources that have allowed Jews to research their heritage. Sack graduated from Radcliffe in 1957 and...
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Debut of "The Sarah Silverman Program"
Sarah Silverman at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Photo by Joan Garvin.February 1, 2007At once sharp-tongued and tongue-in-cheek, comedian Sarah Silverman has become ubiquitous in recent years in the...
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