Libyan Jewish Women.

Jewish women forced to pose for a photo prior to being shot at Liepaja.

This picture of the British poet and novelist Amy Levy was taken in January 1889, just six months before she took her own life at the age of twenty-seven. It first appeared alongside Oscar Wilde’s tribute to this exceptional individual—a Jewish woman of letters in nineteenth century England—published in an 1890 issue of Women’s World.

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merrickmayfair:

Happy Passover

“Jen Taylor Friedman, famous for being the first (only?) female sofferet (or scribe – trained to inscribe mezuzahs and Torahs etc. which have to be written by hand) had some extra time on her hands recently and decided to create Tefillin Barbie.

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justanotherflapper:

Helene Mayer. Jewish fencer who competed for Germany in 1936 Summer Olympics.

ladyeclectic:

Now this is a Jewish Barbie. Also known as the Elizabeth Taylor Barbie. How is this not a better version?