ISO "Gedolim pictures" of women

amother

Begonia

Thu, Jun 06 2024, 9:10 am

What about Henny Machlis? Since she lived very recently, I'm sure her family can give you a nice picture (although they may feel weird at the thought of a random family hanging her picture on their wall).

amother

↑ Trillium

Thu, Jun 06 2024, 3:42 pm

Ruchel wrote:

Sara Schenirer broke an engagement because iirc he wasn't religious enough. That's not about beauty. She definitely was religious enough. The second husband was a rabbi so that's what she wanted. Why is it polish property??

She divorced her husband because there was something wrong with him. She had wanted to break her engagement, but her parents convinced her to keep it because they didn't think she would find anyone else. She was in her upper 20s at the time, at least. She wrote he was incapable or disinterested in having a normal conversation with her. When shw left him, he wanted her to come back solely because of her income from her job-- that's what he told her straight out. Her second husband was much later in life, maybe a few years before she died, she might have been over 50.

As far as the angle from Naomi Seidman, read the book for yourself and see. Her mother, a Bais Yaakov teacher back in Europe, approved of her book.

amother

Burgundy

Thu, Jun 06 2024, 3:59 pm

amother Steelblue wrote:

Can you do a picture of R David and R Pam with their wives. They were pretty special women too...I don't know anything about R Finkel.

She’s one of the most special women alive today. She is so down to earth and in touch with our times and so so holy at the same time. She’s sharp as a whip and remembers who everyone is and makes me feel special whenever I see her. Which is not often!

↑ seeker

Thu, Jun 06 2024, 5:02 pm

strawberry cola wrote:

I have an idea that might help you.
Before Pesach, I purchased a book, published by Feldheim, called Toras Imecha. Geared primarily toward a teen/young adult audience, it contains 22 chapters, each on a different tzaddekes of the current generation. Among them are Rebbetzin Vichna Kaplan, Rebbetzin Shoshana Soleveichik, Rebbetzin Sara Ita Katz of Cleveland.
In addition to a short biographical sketch and a couple of pages of stories, the author (I don't remember her name, I think she is a teacher or principal in Oregon)commissioned an artist to paint a portrait of each one. And the portraits are beautiful. Of course, I don't know what the rules are regarding making copies of the photos...

Never heard of this book, thank you for sharing! Looking forward to checking it out

amother

Junglegreen

Thu, Jun 06 2024, 5:56 pm

Schvester Selma - from Shaarei zedek

Rebbetzin Zehava Braunstein- changed the face of Kallah teaching in such a marvelous way that impacts so many frum families today.

Rebbetzin Shelia Feinstein - she carried herself like a queen and helped so many public school kids straighten out their lives while she supported her husband and his yeshiva

How about Rivka Ravitz? She still BH alive and productive, such a great role model for keeping to one’s standards in a secular world and making a huge Kiddush Hashem. She wouldn’t shake hands with the Pope and he respected her for it.

And on the topic of living women, I second Rebbetzin Tziporah Gottleib. What a woman!