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The Quotable Jewish Woman: Wisdom, Inspiration, & Humor from the Mind and Heart
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by:
Partnow, Elaine Bernstein
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Publisher:
Jewish Lights Publishing
Published: April 1, 2004
ISBN: 1580231934
Format:Hardcover
Pages:450
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Book Description
From Publishers Weekly
What do 317 Jewish women have to say on 72 topics from feminism to friendship, fashion and shopping, violence and rape, Israel and Judaism, truth, lies and superstitions, sex and success? Answer: A lot. Partnow (The Quotable
Woman) gathers their wisdom and humor in 2,400 quotations that reflect diverse scholarly, social, literary, theatrical, political and spiritual worlds. All the women "have helped heal the world with their ideas, their activism, their service, their
talent and their labor," she writes. Like the editor herself, readers may be surprised to find among this Who's Who of Jewish Women financial adviser Sylvia Porter, philosopher-writer Ayn Rand, actor Winona Ryder and artist Frida Kahlo, alongside more
predictable choices like Anne Frank and Golda Meir. "That's part of the fun of this book—these discoveries," notes Partnow. An index allows readers to locate quotes by author rather than subject. The one-paragraph biographies of each woman are
perhaps the most fascinating part of the book, adding a personal dimension to the women's fascinating achievements. The collection's strength lies in diversity; as author and activist Grace Paley writes: "You have an opinion. I have an opinion. Life
don't have no opinion." Many opinions fill these pages, something to inspire every reader.
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Product Description:
The words of Jewish women to
inspire, enlighten, and enrich your life.
The Quotable Jewish Woman is the definitive collection of ideas, reflections, humor, and wit by Jewish women. Compiler Elaine Bernstein Partnow (The Quotable Woman) brings together the voices of over 300
women-including women of the Bible, actors, poets, humorists, scientists, and literary and political figures-whose ideas, activism, service, talent, and labor have touched the world.
Quoted women include:
Bella Abzug
Hannah Arendt
Lauren Bacall
Aviel Barclay
Judy Blume
Susan Brownmiller
Judy Chicago
Jennifer Connelly
Gerty Theresa Cori
Deborah
Anita Diamant
Phyllis Diller
Delia Ephron
Marcia Falk
Dianne Feinstein
Anne Frank
Rosalind Franklin
Anna Freud
Betty Friedan
Carol Gilligan
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Rebecca Gratz
Blu Greenberg
Erica Jong
Frida Kahlo
Donna Karan
Faye Kellerman
Carole King
Ann Landers
Estée Lauder
Emma Lazarus
Rosa Luxemburg
Golda Meir
Bette Midler
Miriam
Bess Myerson
Cynthia Ozick
Dorothy Parker
Belva Plain
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Ayn Rand
Gilda Radner
Adrienne Rich
Joan Rivers
Ethel
Rosenberg
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Hannah Senesh
Fanchon Shur
Raven Snook
Gertrude Stein
Barbra Streisand
Kerri Strug
Henrietta Szold
Barbara Tuchman
Barbara Walters
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Naomi Wolf
Rosalyn
Yalow
and many more …
From winners of Nobel Prizes and Oscars to lesser known women from many countries and backgrounds, this book is an inspirational gateway to the thoughts and lives of Jewish women, both contemporary and ancient.
Until we are all free, we are none of us free.
-Emma Lazarus in American Hebrew, 3 November 1882-23 February 1883
Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.
-Dianne Feinstein in Time, 4 June 1984
God hath made
me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
-Sarah, Book of Genesis, c. ninth century B.C.E Bible
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