Women's Rights and Gender Roles
Objects, Documents and Images on Women's Emancipation
among others to Bertha Pappenheim and Fanny Lewald (in German)
Online Collections
Bread and Roses
On International Women's Day, Christina Hecht takes a look at various archives
Online Project
2019
“Go down Moses” and an Orange on the Seder Plate
Cilly Kugelmann on old and new customs for Passover
Essay
2013
JMB Journal 11: Women
Publication
2014
Behind the Scenes: Orthodox Judaism and Film
Representations of Jewish Orthodoxy in Independent and Mainstream Film.
Film Screening and Discussion
Sun, 22 Aug 2021, 11 am
Petermannchen
A painting by Lovis Corinth with a secret romantic message
From our Holdings
An Unequivocal Zest for Debate
Sharon Adler on the importance to exhibit women’s work and their impact
Interview
2021
Seder Plate by Harriete Estel Berman
A feminist Passover custom
From our Holdings
“Well-balanced silver utilitarian objects that make you feel good”
Designed by a woman, for a woman
20 years, 21 objects
2021
The Diary of Gertrud Bleichröder
Notes from 1988
Publication
How feminism has shaped new rituals
Brigitte Sion in our JMB Journal 23
Essay
2022
Quasicrystals
A talk about Jewish questions and the lives of women in Eva Menasses novel
Book Review
What’s the story with women rabbis?
What role do gender themes play in Judaism?
Question of the Month
What We Can Learn from Loving Women
A Biblical story of female solidarity and social integration
Essay
2013
“Hörmahl”: A Feast for the Ears
Dinner with Julie Elias (in German)
Podcast
15 Mar 2021
“Hörmahl”: A Feast for the Ears
Dinner with Rahel Varnhagen (in German)
Podcast
19 May 2021
“Hörmahl”: A Feast for the Ears
Dinner with Lina Morgenstern (in German)
Podcast
8 Dec 2021
“Hörmahl”: A Feast for the Ears
Dinner with Fromet Mendelssohn (in German)
Podcast
Jun 2022
Live from the JMB
A brief digital tour on International Women’s Day (in German)
Guided Tour
Mo, 8 Mar 2021, 6 pm
LGBTQI+ & Judaism
An anecdotal glossary by Debora Antmann
Essay
2021
“No, I Want Dr. O.”
Leonie Meyer’s diaries from the years before her marriage (1910–12)
Online Feature
2021