During the last year of her life, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat down with “Moment” editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein to discuss the Jewish women she found inspiring. In Epstein’s new intergenerational book RBG’s Brave and Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone, she profiles the women Ginsburg identified and reflects on each of their stories. The trailblazers in the book, like Ginsburg herself, each fought to forge a better world rather than accepting it as it was.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage and “Moment” magazine program celebrates “RBG’s Brave and Brilliant Women,” featuring Epstein in conversation with author and journalist Abigail Pogrebin.
Watch the program below.
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Jane Sherron de Hart launched the book tour of her new biography of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Museum in 2018. The author’s comprehensive look at the “notorious” Justice’s life—a book 15 years in the making—was written with the cooperation of RBG herself and is the result of comprehensive interviews with her husband, children, friends, and associates. Learn more about the book in this Museum program.
Hear from Other Extraordinary Jewish Women
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Watch Nadine Epstein Interview Dr. Ruth and Tovah Feldshuh
In December, Nadine interviewed Dr. Ruth Westheimer about her life and career, alongside Tovah Feldshuh, who played her in Becoming Dr. Ruth at the Museum’s Edmond J. Safra Hall. Watch the full interview here.