Why only one Jewish Ms. America?

by: Mae Singerman

Wed Sep 08, 2010 at 15:24:12 PM EDT

So, the only Jewish woman to ever be crowned Ms. America was Bess Myerson in 1945 and she was crowned partially as a symbol of "America's post-war rejection of the crimes and prejudices that ravaged Europe"

OMG- Suzanne is a big winner!

by: Mae Singerman

Mon Jul 19, 2010 at 16:14:36 PM EDT

Suzanne Reisman is a trusty jspot contributor and a superhero JFSJ grant writer. Not only does she help keep JFSJ afloat, she does cool stuff outside of work, like win awesome writing contests. Suzanne is  a 2010 Blogher Voice of the Year.

Blogher "is the largest community of women who blog: 20+ million unique visitors per month." 

Check out Suzanne's piece on her blog, which focuses on an anecdote about her quest to learn about her family's pre-Holocaust history. 

Domestic Workers and You....

by: Mae Singerman

Tue Jul 13, 2010 at 14:23:32 PM EDT

On the heels of the amazing and much-needed Domestic Workers victory, which we've covered a bunch on JSpot, I saw this project: a "photographic leveling" of employers and the women who work in their homes. Dressed and posed alike, it is up to the viewer to speculate on who is the employer and who the employee.

Looking at the photos, I thought about all of the Jewish families that employ domestic workers. I wonder how many Jewish families were already giving overtime and sick days, etc and how many will have to be pushed by this law or even persecuted prosecuted if they don't follow it. 

Let's clear up some important things...

by: Mae Singerman

Fri Jul 09, 2010 at 13:38:21 PM EDT

On Jewcy, there's a post called "Lebron James is Going to Where Old Jews Move to Die". In the piece, the author takes some jabs and Miami and spreads some popular (and misguided) Jewish lore.

As a Miami Jew it is my DUTY to clear some things up (and insult New York)...