Hadassah Magazine

3 weeks ago | hadassahmagazine.org | Curt Schleier

Email Print Many people have likely only heard of Janis Ian from for her two major hits, Society’s Child, from 1965, and At Seventeen, from 1975. A new documentary on the life and career of the Jewish singer-songwriter, whose songs have been covered by stars from Cher to Nina Simone to Dave Grohl, is out in select theaters on March 28.

1 month ago | hadassahmagazine.org | Curt Schleier

Email Print October 8 is depressing, frightening and warning of lurking dangers for the American Jewish community. It also is one of the most important films you’ll likely see this year. That is not hyperbole.

1 month ago | hadassahmagazine.org | Esther Kustanowitz

Email Print Deby Goodman used to be a cantor at a Conservative synagogue. She also has worked as an accountant and once owned a spa, “the only one around with a mezuzah on every doorpost,” said the Hadassah life member who sits on the board of directors of the Jewish National Fund’s local office in Orange County, Calif. Largely retired, Goodman, 70, now writes a Substack column about Israel and, occasionally, freelances as a karaoke DJ and as a cantor for weddings and funerals.

1 month ago | hadassahmagazine.org | Sandee Brawarsky

Email Print Many a bar mitzvah boy beginning in the 1980s received the celebratory volume Great Jews in Sports by Robert Slater, first published in 1983. The frequently reissued book, most recently in 2005, is a collection of biographies of outstanding athletes—including a few women—written to spread Jewish pride. There was no companion book for bat mitzvahs until Slater and his wife co-authored Great Jewish Women in 1994.

1 month ago | hadassahmagazine.org | Adam Milstein

Email Print If apathy breeds complacency, nothing ignites a fire quite like the recognition that our survival is at stake. October 7has generated a powerful sense of urgency and motivation in the Jewish community – not seen in many years. I’ve been involved in Jewish and Israeli activism for decades. Throughout my philanthropic career, I’ve witnessed the ebb and flow of community involvement.