s archive type non profit organization founded 1995 headquarters brookline ma key people judith rosenbaum executive director website www.jwa.org the jewish women s archive jwa is a national non profit organization whose mission is to document jewish women s stories elevate their voices and inspire them to be agents of change . jwa was founded by gail twersky reimer in 1995 in brookline massachusetts with the goal of using the internet to increase awareness of and provide access to the stories of american jewish women . jwa makes a growing collection of information exhibits and resources available via its website . its activities include the conception production and dissemination of community based oral history projects online exhibitions original academic research educational materials including curricula a poster series and an oral history guide training institutes for educators working in formal and informal settings documentary film letty cottin pogrebin receives award at annual luncheon of jewish women s archive . l2r jwa founding director gail reimer ; pogrebin ; ms. magazine co founder and award presenter gloria steinem . photo joan roth starting in 2010 jwa also began holding an annual luncheon in new york city at which it honors three women for their activism and achievements . in 2010 the focus was on the triangle fire 2010 was the centenary of that tragedy . honorees included ruth j. abram co founder of the tenement museum kate frucher attorney and entrepreneur and journalist lynn sherr . in 2011 the luncheon was titled making trouble making history . gloria steinem presented the awards which were given to elizabeth a. sackler the elizabeth a. sackler center for feminist art brooklyn museum rebecca traister author big girls don t cry journalist and letty cottin pogrebin author deborah golda and me etc. journalist founding editor ms magazine . 1 contents 1 major programs and projects 1.1 curricula and educational resources 1.2 online encyclopedia 1.3 film 1.4 online exhibits 1.5 other resources 2 leadership 3 references 4 external links major programs and projects edit curricula and educational resources edit jwa s most recent curriculum living the legacy focuses on the role of jewish women in the civil rights and labor movements seeking to highlight their often neglected but central role . 2 additional educational resources include 18 go & learn lesson plans book and film guides primary source materials and mother daughter workshop materials . previous curricula include making our wilderness bloom . online encyclopedia edit jewish women a comprehensive historical encyclopedia edited by paula hyman and dalia ofer is accessible for free via jwa s website . the encyclopedia features approximately 2 000 articles on the lives and achievements of jewish women . articles are also disseminated via twitter . 3 film edit in 2007 jwa produced making trouble a documentary film about three generations of female jewish comedians and the complexity and challenges of their relationship to comedy judaism and gender . 4 the film profiles molly picon fanny brice sophie tucker joan rivers gilda radner and wendy wasserstein as well as contemporary comedians judy gold and jackie hoffman . the film has been screened at over 70 film festivals 5 and other venues . online exhibits edit katrina s jewish voices is an online exhibit of photos blog posts podcasts and email messages documenting the experience of the jewish community during and after hurricane katrina produced in collaboration with the center for history and new media at george mason university in partnership with the institute for southern jewish history jwa conducted 85 interviews with members of the new orleans baton rouge and gulf coast jewish communities which are included in the exhibit . other online exhibits include jewish women and the feminist revolution 6 history makers women of valor and women who dared contemporary activists . other resources edit we remember is an online collection of personal reflections and reminiscences about recently deceased notable american jewish women . this week in history is a calendar of events that matches the current date with events in jewish women s history . leadership edit the executive director of jwa is judith rosenbaum . barbara dobkin was the founding chair of jwa s board . brandeis university professor joyce antler chairs the academic advisory council . references edit seeing beauty in making trouble . the jewish daily forward . retrieved 2012 04 16 . jewish women s archive launches cutting edge living the legacy civil rights curriculum jerusalem post blogs . blogs.jpost.com . retrieved 2012 04 13 . tweeting the encyclopedia . the jewish week . retrieved 2012 04 13 . at silverdocs proud of their laugh lines . washingtonpost.com . 2007 06 15 . retrieved 2012 04 13 . lev eisha . lev eisha . 2010 02 06 . retrieved 2012 04 13 . voices of challenge and change jewish women speak out about feminism . the scholar & feminist online the barnard center for research on women . retrieved 2012 04 16 . external links edit jwa website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jewish women % 27s archive & oldid 726692177 categories feminism in the united stateshistory museums in massachusettsjewish american historyjudaism and womenjewish educational organizationsjewish feminismjewish history organizationsjewish museums in the united statesjewish organizations based in the united statesjews and judaism in massachusettsorganizations established in 1995virtual museumswomen s museums in massachusettswomen s organizations in the united statesjewish websites navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent 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