If you spend enough time around Jewish women, you can't help but pick up on some common traits. On a personal level, there is warmth and humor with a dash of neurosis. We aggressively value education and social justice, family and community. I've always found an immediate level of comfort and familiarity when I meet other Jewish women, and that feeling spilled over into the women I profiled for this book.
"Nice" Jewish Girls ~ by Julie Merberg, illustrated by Georgia Rucker, 2021, biographies, 160 pages, 10/10
Meet 36 extraordinary, hilarious, iconic, outspoken, fascinating Jewish women. Emma Goldman moved to New York City with $5 and a sewing machine and emerged as the leading voice for workers' rights. Henrietta Szold understood that the Zionist dream could never be realized without medical services and infrastructure, so she built them. Hedy Lamarr was a gorgeous movie star — who invented the technology that made Bluetooth and GPS possible. Ruth Westheimer survived Nazi Germany, served as a sniper in Israel, and then launched to worldwide fame hosting a radio show about sex. Tiffany Haddish spent years in foster care as a child, became a hugely successful comedian, and celebrated her bat mitzvah at age 40 with a Netflix special. From activists like Gloria Steinem and Alicia Garza, who took tikkun olam to new levels, to icons like Barbra Streisand and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who redefined the way the world thinks about Jewish women, the "nice" Jewish girls in this book are so much more!
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