📆 This week in 1066, Edward the Confessor died – and England was never the same. His death triggered the Norman Conquest, reshaping surnames, land records, and even the language we speak today. #thisweekinhistory #familyhistory

👑 Who gets crowned on Christmas Day? On December 25, 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned King of England. #thisweekinhistory

🥶 Who won the race to the South Pole?
This week in 1911, Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen became the first person to reached the South Pole - just weeks ahead of British adventurer Robert Falcon Scott. #thisweekinhistory

The spark of the First Intifada was lit on 8 December and set ablaze by 9 December.
A pivotal moment in the struggle for freedom, born from decades of oppression and the unbreakable will of a people refusing to be erased.

Learn the meaning and history of the intifada.
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Delphine Horvilleur is one of 5 women rabbis in France and a leader of the Liberal Jewish Movement of France.

She has written 10 books, notably "Living With Our Dead" (2021), and relates Judaism with sexuality, feminism, and politics. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1974: buff.ly/j5ltxBk

Today marks 108 years since Arthur Balfour wrote The Balfour Declaration, a letter that changed the fate of the Palestinians.
Read above to learn more. #ThisWeekInHistory

Speaking of costumes and performance this week, queer surrealist photographer Claude Cahun was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1894.

Cahun lived their life in a spirit of rebellion and defiance, defying conventional ideals of beauty and femininity with their shaven head and male attire: buff.ly/bvnx7j1

Discovered while working as a telephone operator, Ruby Myers - also known as Sulochana - was an Indian actress from the Baghdadi Jewish community.

#ThisWeekInHistory in 1974, she won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema’s most prestigious lifetime achievement award: buff.ly/MCPVEaa

Diva, Yiddish folksinger, and citizen of the world, Isa Kremer lived life in a global arena despite conflicts: the Russian Revolution, the Ottoman Empire, anti-Semitism in Europe, and dictatorship in Argentina. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1887. buff.ly/fR4SWR2

Born in Vienna, Hilde Holger founded the New School for Movement Art at 16, creating Jewish and political dances before fleeing WWII to Bombay. She also pioneered dance education for people with Down Syndrome. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1905: buff.ly/lTSsTIJ

Enjoy this selection of powerful works from Mariana Yampolsky, an artist whose vision and social commitment made her one of the most important figures in 20th-century Mexico.

Born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1925, Yampolsky left behind a legacy of art rooted in community and creativity: buff.ly/Ss7VVTS

“Adolescence, when it happened, was a shock. Suddenly I was inescapably confined by gender — I rejected this tacitly and also violently.”
Louise Glück (b.1943) was named poet laureate of the US #ThisWeekInHistory in 2003. Photo by Charles S Hertz, c.1975) via @jewishwomensarchive on Facebook

"Adolescence, when it happened, was a shock. Suddenly I was inescapably confined by gender—I rejected this tacitly and also violently."

Louise Glück was named poet laureate of the US #ThisWeekInHistory in 2003.

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Judith Resnik became the first Jewish American astronaut, and second woman, to be in space #ThisWeekInHistory in 1984.

Resnik operated experiments in crystal growth and photography using IMAX. By the end of the flight, Resnik had logged nearly 145 hours in space.

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Israeli poet Dahlia Ravikovitch was a significant figure in modern Hebrew literature and poetry.

Best known for feminist poetry and political involvement, her success in the male-dominated field of Hebrew poetry made work by women more common.

She died #ThisWeekInHistory in 2005. buff.ly/LPUZP7K

Haydée Chikly Tamzali was a Tunisian-Jewish actress and filmmaker who played an essential role in the development of Arabic and African cinema. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1906.

Her father directed her in "Zohra" (1922), considered the first fiction film made in Tunisia: buff.ly/iAM62qD

he epitome of beauty and brains.

#ThisWeekInHistory in 1942, actress Hedy Lamarr received a patent with composer George Antheil for a communication system designed to make radio-guided torpedoes harder to detect.

Their invention would eventually become the basis for WiFi. buff.ly/2lTak57

In 1926, a article titled "Why She Feels Better in Men's Clothes" was published about the painter Gluck, who was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1895.

The artist earned critical acclaim in England during the 1920s and 1930s for an individualist style and eclectic subject matter: buff.ly/GU1jlnU

When Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in to the US Supreme Court #ThisWeekInHistory in 1993, she became the second woman - and the first Jewish woman - to do so. buff.ly/wxU31K1

Cass Elliot brought charm and vocal muscle to a stormy and transitional period of American music history as a member of the Mamas and the Papas.

She died #ThisWeekInHistory in 1974. Read more: buff.ly/FDj2M5r

"Bella was born yelling" - and never stopped. #ThisWeekInHistory in 1920, Congresswoman Bella Abzug came into the world ready to raise her voice.

A fierce leader in the women’s movement, she made sure women’s rights were always on the agenda. buff.ly/HK3xiXI

Rare photo of a young Amy Winehouse ❤️‍🩹

Amy Winehouse was an English neo-soul and jazz-influenced singer from an Ashkenazi Jewish background. A great talent, her drug use ended her short but brilliant career at age 27 #ThisWeekInHistory in 2011. buff.ly/ORZa3lB

📷 Amy Winehouse in the 1980's.

Carolivia Herron's work traces classical epic traditions throughout contemporary African American literature and locates convergences and points of contact between Blackness and Jewishness.

She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1947. buff.ly/W2FHoYi

Born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1891: Doris Fleischman. In 1922, she checked into the Waldorf-Astoria under her own name—despite just marrying PR king Edward Bernays. Later, she wrote: “I assume you will not wish me to travel under a false name.” She got the passport—and made history. buff.ly/xN0PRhz

Praised for “Playing like a man,” Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler exploded notions about women pianists with the precision, power, and expressiveness of her performances.

She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1863. buff.ly/xs3QKvW

📷 Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, c. 1889.

Helen Forrest was a trailblazer of the big band era, among the first vocalists to be featured throughout full band arrangements rather than just one chorus. She died #ThisWeekInHistory in 1999. buff.ly/NR332rL

Writer and ritualist Esther M. Broner emerged on the literary scene in the 70s as a leading feminist writer.

Broner combined autobiography with feminist critique of Jewish tradition. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1927. buff.ly/Eu90jZK

"Art—in my own case the art of poetry—means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage."

#ThisWeekInHistory in 1997, poet Adrienne Rich rejected the National Medal for the Arts. in protest of the country's widening socio-economic gap. buff.ly/h0BiaB5

Born #ThisWeekInHistory, in 1924 Rina Nikova established the first school for classical ballet in Tel Aviv. At the beginning of 1933, she founded the Biblical Ballet, which was based on Yemenite folklore and focused on Biblical subjects.

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Letter from the June 30, 1942, edition of Manzanar Free Press about efforts to strip Japanese Americans of citizenship

#ThisWeekInHistory 1942: Manzanar prison camp newspaper, imprisoning thousands of US citizens for being ethnically Japanese, carries letter about efforts to strip Japanese Americans of citizenship. Lawyer in case declared US Constitution is "by and for whites only." History rhymes. #skystorians