#jewish women

[adiradirim]

Sephardi & Romaniote Jewish Women's Clothing in the Byzantine and Ottoman Periods, illustrated by Nikos Stavroulakis

#jumblr #jewish #jewish art #jewish women #jewish history #sephardim #romaniotes #art #these are from all over. byzantium/constantinople/istanbul and smyrna/izmir and rhodes and adrianople/edirne and thessaloniki etc #shoutout to a fellow edirne girlie in the top right. #my posts

[nesyanast]

On November 23, 1909, more than twenty thousand Jewish Yiddish-speaking immigrants, mostly young women in their teens and early twenties, launched an eleven-week general strike in New York’s shirtwaist industry. Dubbed the Uprising of the 20,000, it was the largest strike by women to date in American history. The young strikers’ courage, tenacity, and solidarity forced the predominantly male leadership in the “needle trades” and the American Federation of Labor to revise their entrenched prejudices against organizing women. The strikers won only a portion of their demands, but the uprising sparked five years of revolt that transformed the garment industry into one of the best-organized trades in the United States.

#jumblr #jewish #jews #judaism #nesyapost #jewish history #jewish reading #yiddish #Jewish women #American history #women's history #workers history #proletariat #1909 #nyc #workers strike

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Famous Jewish royalty and nobility as Disney Princesses:

Growing up, I loved Disney Princesses, but I never saw any representation of Jewish princesses. Which was a shame, because I grew up with stories of strong Jewish women, I just never got to see their stories in mainstream media. I have two younger sisters, and I wish they could grow up seeing just one Disney Princess from our culture and heritage. So, being an artist, I decided to take the five classic white princesses, and redesign them to be five strong Jewish royalty and nobility. I decided to represent a large swath of time periods and locations, just like Disney Princess stories cover different time periods and locations, and to celebrate the diversity of Jewish history. So, let's go!

Queen Esther

For Cinderella, I chose to depict Queen Esther, because they both share themes of concealing one's identity. Esther is the heroine of Megillat Esther, a book in the Tanakh. She was forced to become the wife of the Persian king Achashverosh, but because of it she was able to save the Jewish people from genocide at the hands of Haman. Queen Esther might be a "typical" choice, but I think that not many people truly appreciate her and her story, despite how well-known it is.

Qasmuna

For Belle, I chose the poet Qasmuna, because Belle is a studious woman, and Qasmuna was a scholar and a poet. Qasmuna was an Arabic-language Andalusian poet during the middle ages. Not much is known about her, but she is one of the very few recorded Jewish Arabic-language poets of her time. Some sources attribute her to having been the vizier Shmuel HaNagid (Samuel Ibn Nagrillah)'s daughter, making her the closest to royalty as was possible for a Dhimmi at the time. I depicted her wearing lavish clothing, but also wearing a yellow shawl and a gold calf necklace to signify her Dhimmitude.

Licoricia of Winchester

For Aurora, I chose to depict Licoricia of Winchester since Disney's Sleeping Beauty takes place in England. Licoricia was a 13th century English businesswoman and community leader. She funded and lent money to prominent gentile figures at the time, including King Henry III. She is considered one of the most influencial Jewish women in her time. She was murdured, possibly in a robbery, but her murderer had never been found or held accountable. I based her outfit off of the recently unvailed statue of her in Winchester, England.

Queen of Sheba

For Ariel, I chose to depict the Queen of Sheba, since they both traveled long ways to a different place. The Queen of Sheba is mentioned in the Tanakh and Apocrypha, as well as folktales. She traveled to the Kingdom of Israel to meet King Shlomo and test his wisdom. Many have attributed her to being the woman voice in Shlomo's Song of Songs. She was a powerful and wealthy leader, and almost managed to best Shlomo in knowledge. According to tradition, she converted to Judaism and travled back to Ethiopia and led her people towards Judaism.

Queen Shelmazion

For Snow White, I chose to depict Queen Shelamzion. Queen Shelamzion was one of the last independent Jewish rulers of Judea before the total Roman takeover. Roman sources absolutely smeared her name, likely because Shelamzion was a powerful Jewish woman who opposed the Roman occupation. However, Shelamzion was a good rular, who attempted to make peace among her people, and is credited with saving seventy sages from Roman slaughter. It is said that because of her righteousness, during her rule, it rained only on Shabbat so that farmers would not miss out on needed worktime due to the rain, since they weren't working on Shabbat anyway, and that the harvest in Judea were always bountiful.

I hope you learned something and appreciate my depictions of Jewish Disney Princesses :)

I have a ko-fi if you'd like to tip, but there's absolutely no obligation.

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#judaism #jumblr #jewish women #disney princesses #queen esther #qasmuna #licoricia of winchester #queen of sheba #queen shelamzion #jewish history #jewish women appreciation #my art #digital art #jewish art #education

[jewishpopculture]

Doja Cat photographed by Hedi Slimane for V magazine (2023).

Doja is an American rapper and singer of Jewish and Zulu descent.

#doja cat #hedi slimane #v magazine #music #jewish #jewish beauty #jewish culture #jewish community #Black jews #jewish women #Black women #Jewish music #Black music #Black culture #pop #hip hop #rap #pop music #pop culture #jewish pop culture #jewish artists #jewish rappers #jewish singers #jewish songwriters

[gliklofhameln]

The Jewelry of Urban Jewish Brides in Morocco

Sefrou, Morocco

The Jewish bride's headdress (sfifa or taj) gave her a regal look, and its unique style singled her out from Muslim brides. Her earrings (khoras kbash, "ram's head"), which reflect a Spanish influence, are considered prime examples of the high artistic quality of Jewish silversmithing in Morocco. She wore a necklace (tazra) with a central pendant adorned with motifs of pomegranate buds and inlaid with precious stones, and her hands were bedecked with bracelets (shems ugmar, "sun and moon"). The bird on the brooch was initially a predominantly Jewish motif, and only later became common among Muslims as well.

#jumblr #judaism #jewish clothing #jewish women #morocco #jewellery #kadosh kadosh kadosh #myposts

[djpiss]

Jewish women stay winning I’m so glad I’m a Jewish woman reblog if you’re glad to be a Jewish woman

#piss talks #jewish women #jumblr

[thatjewishzionistscout]

Jewblr, I’m feeling some things.

Okay, so I grew up as a messianic Jew, and I have abandoned the religion, and I’m looking into converting into Judaism, but I just feel conflicted.

My grandparents survived the Shoah, and when they immigrated here my grandmother converted, bringing my grandfather with her. She did it for a sense of comfort and protection,

I grew up inside the messianic church, but I had access to very traditional Jewish traditions thanks to my grandparents. (I.e my grandparents still used a scroll for the Torah, and praying in Hebrew, and much else.)

I was told growing up that I should be proud of my Jewish ethnicity, and that I shouldn’t abandoned it. But talking with other Jews who grew being negatively affected by messianism, it makes me what to abandoned that Judaism. I want to abandon it so that the messianic church can’t continue to harm the Jewish community.

I want to convert to Judaism, for a closer tie to my grandparents and to my ethnicity, but I’m finding it very hard to actually give up beliefs I grew up with,

So any help would be appreciated Jewblr,

#jewblr #jumblr #jew #jewish #jewish women #messianism #converting to judaism

[girlactionfigure]

Don't mess with Safta!  Jewish women don't take any chances

sephardiccommunity

#Israel #Armed Jews #Jewish Women

[historicity-was-already-taken]

Today is the 80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

In honor of this event, and Monday’s observance of Yom HaShoah, I’m posting a roundup of all of my writings, spanning 2011-Yesterday, on the topic of Jewish women, the Holocaust, the Warsaw Ghetto, and resistance.

A profile of Hannah Szenes, a Hungarian Jewish paratrooper who worked behind Nazi lines in services of the SOE (Special Operations Executive, same as Noor Inayat Khan).

Why Gender History is Important, Asshole. The post that started it all, that made me realize how many of you are passionately curious about the topic of women and the Holocaust, and how many of you share my righteous indignation over the fact that this knowledge is so uncommon.

We need to talk about Anne Frank: a thinkpiece about how we use and misuse the memory of Anne Frank. NOT a John Green hitpiece; if that’s your takeaway you’re reading it wrong.

An 11-part post series about Vladka Meed, a Jewish resistance worker who smuggled explosives into the Warsaw Ghetto in preparation for the Uprising, and set up covert aid networks in slave labor camps, among other things.

Girls with Guns, Woman Commanders, and Unheeded Warnings: Women and the Holocaust: an assessment of how Holocaust memory is shaped by male experiences, and an analysis of what we miss through this centering of the male experience.

Filip Muller’s testimony regarding young women’s defiant behavior in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. [comes with big trigger/content warning]

Tema Schneiderman and Tossia Altman: Voices from Beyond the Grave; paper presented at the Heroines of the Holocaust: New Frameworks of Resistance International Symposium at Wagner College.

A meditation/polemic on Jewish women, abortion, and the Holocaust, and the American Christian far-right’s misuse of Holocaust memory in anti-choice rhetoric. [comes with big trigger/content warning]

Women and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; talk presented at the National World War II Museum’s 15th International Conference on World War II. Women of the Warsaw Ghetto; keynote speech delivered at the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County’s Yom HaShoah Program in Honor of the 80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. 

#warsaw ghetto uprising #jewish women #women and the holocaust #warsaw ghetto #jewish history #holocaust #holocaust history #women's history #gender history

[eyesfullofmoon]

Jewish women of Turkestan Krai, Central Asia.

Anonymous photographer, c. 1865-1872.

#jewish #1860s #1870s #old photos #women #* #jewish history #early photography #19th century #antique #jewish tradition #old photography #jewish women #historic photographs #antique photo #women in history #nineteenth century #vintage style #jewish tumblr #jews of tumblr #vintage #historical photos #jewblr #women in photography #vintage photography #old photo #photography #vintage women

[saharathorn]

Esther Abraham, also known as Pramila, was an Indian Model and Actress. She was born in 1916 in Calcutta to a Jewish family from Baghdad and Karachi (now modern day Pakistan).

#Esther Abraham #Pramila #Bollywood #India #Jewish #Jewish Women #Jewish history

[nesyanast]

Lemlich was a Ukranian Jewish immigrant who emigrated to New York in 1903. She became a garment worker and joined the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. She was a key leader in the Uprising of 20,000, the massive strike of New York garment workers in 1909. Blacklisted from the industry for her union work, she was active in the women’s suffrage movement. She joined was a leader of the United Council of Working Class Women. A life long activist, in her last years as a nursing home resident, Lemlich persuaded the nursing home to join in the United Farm Workers' boycotts of grapes and lettuce and helped the workers there to organize.

#jumblr #jewish #jews #nesyapost #jewish history #Ukrainian Jew #Jewish women #proletarian feminism #proletariat #immigrant history

[magnetothemagnificent]

וַתִּלְבַּ֤שׁ אֶסְתֵּר֙ מַלְכ֔וּת

"And Esther dressed in royal garments"

[Megillat Esther 5:1]

Just an illustration I guess for the top secret novel I'm working on haha

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#jumblr #my art #digital art #jewish art #queen esther #judaism #megillat esther #jewish women #tanakh

[jewishpopculture]

Jewish actress Marilyn Monroe photographed on the set of the film ‘The Seven Year Itch’ (1955).

#marilyn monroe #marilyn #jewish #pop culture #50s #old hollywood #golden age of hollywood #classic hollywood #jewish culture #jewish artists #jewish community #jewish pop culture #jewish beauty #the seven year itch #vintage #nostaliga #throwback #iconic #jewish history #jewish women #jewish actors #film

[gliklofhameln]

Elaina Rothman and Miri Lawrence preparing to be ordained at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John’s Wood, London • Jewish History Association of South Wales

Miri was a rabbinic student at Leo Baeck College and was ordained in 1992. She gained a Masters in Jewish Studies the same year. Miri was Rabbi at Ealing Liberal Synagogue from 1992-1995 and subsequently part-time/visiting Rabbi for a number of congregations.

Elaina Rothman first served as a student Rabbi for two years at the Cardiff New Synagogue in 1990. She went on to become Minister of the Synagogue, later retiring in 2002. She was a rabbinic student at Leo Baeck College and was ordained in 1992.

#jumblr #judaism #jewish photography #jewish women #jewish history #rabbi elaina rothman #rabbi miri lawrence #uk #myposts

[v-4-l-0-n]

Friendly reminder that if your feminism doesn’t include woc, queer women, trans women, disabled women, women of any religion, or sex workers then your “feminism” is shit <3

#val speakz #feminism #women of color #woc #wlw #sapphic #lgbtq #trans #transgender #disabled women #disability #muslim women #christian women #pagan women #jewish women #buddhist women #sex work is work #terfs fuck off #radfems fuck off