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 Mon, Oct 19 2020, 2:58 pm
| keym wrote: | I recently read the biography of Rebbitzen Vichna Kaplan.
But it got me thinking in admiration.
In the 40s, the bachurim in Europe with foreign passports were able to get out.
Many of them "paper married" local girls to save their lives.
R Nosson Wachtfogel married his wife like that.
She helped rebuild Bais Yaakov. |
I’ve never heard of her. Looking forward to reading more about her! What do you mean “paper married”?
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amother
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 2:58 pm
| Reality wrote: | Against all Odd: Israel Survives.
It's 10+ episodes. Included with Amazon Prime. Every episode is about a different person or episode in modern Israeli history. |
Thank you so much!! Very excited to watch.
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keym
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 3:03 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | | I’ve never heard of her. Looking forward to reading more about her! What do you mean “paper married”? |
They legally married. But not lehalacha.
When they got to America, (or Canada, Australia) they were given the choice to continue the marriage or dissolve it.
Not 100% legal, but saved many girls lives.
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bigsis144
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 3:07 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | I just learned about Sol Hachuel, a Moroccan Jewish girl who was beheaded at 17 in 1834 because she refused to convert to Islam.
I’d never heard of her before and would love to know about other historical heroic Jewish women who you admire and who inspire you.
Especially heroines who are particularly important in your specific communities.
Can’t wait to read your answers and learn more about our collective history. |
I was in a frum play about her when I was 12. I played her father!
(In hindsight, it was a rather graphic story to be told by little girls... the director was a baalas teshuva who loooved Moroccan culture and history, and had been to Solika’s kever in Fez.)
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Reality
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 3:51 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | I just learned about Sol Hachuel, a Moroccan Jewish girl who was beheaded at 17 in 1834 because she refused to convert to Islam.
I’d never heard of her before and would love to know about other historical heroic Jewish women who you admire and who inspire you.
Especially heroines who are particularly important in your specific communities.
Can’t wait to read your answers and learn more about our collective history. |
Now it's my turn. How did you learn about her? From a book? Also a documentary?
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amother
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 3:56 pm
| Reality wrote: | | Now it's my turn. How did you learn about her? From a book? Also a documentary? |
Hahaha I was “outed” by a previous commenter 🤣—someone posted about her today on a Jewish Facebook discussion group (God Save Us from Your Opinion: A Place for Serious Discussion of Judaism)
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Rappel
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 4:06 pm
Many women I admire have already been mentioned on this thread. But when I think historical heroines, my mind goes much farther back.
First, I hugely admire Shlomtzion. She restored the Torah in her times, and was a true Queen and stateswoman .
The story of Chana and her seven sons always stood out for me as true courage and sacrifice.
And, well, Yehudit 
I guess a have a Hashmonai thing 
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Raisin
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 4:17 pm
Bruriah.
Sarah Schneirer.
Gluckel of Hameln. She didn't do anything extra special, (just your run of the mill super mother) but thanks to her we know what women's lives were like in her time. And just everyday Jewish life.
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Raisin
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 4:19 pm
Also:
Bertha Pappenheim
Judith Grunfeld.
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Chayalle
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 4:25 pm
| keym wrote: | I recently read the biography of Rebbitzen Vichna Kaplan.
But it got me thinking in admiration.
In the 40s, the bachurim in Europe with foreign passports were able to get out.
Many of them "paper married" local girls to save their lives.
R Nosson Wachtfogel married his wife like that.
She helped rebuild Bais Yaakov. |
When the Mirrer Yeshiva left Europe, some bachurim did the same thing.
DH's grandparents were actually engaged, and his grandmother left with his grandfather. They got married in Tokyo. But there were other girls who got out by "marrying" boys in the yeshiva.
I once read that there were American boys who "married" Syrian brides to save their lives and get them out of Syria.
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oneofakind
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 5:23 pm
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Recha Sternbuch- saved many Jews in the Holocaust
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oneofakind
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Mon, Oct 19 2020, 5:57 pm
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Recha Sternbuch- saved many Jews in the Holocaust
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