Gertrude Berg

Celebrating Visionary Women of the World

Angella Nazarian | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Inspirational, Zaha Hadid, Anais Nin, Leadership, Marina Silva, Wangari Maathai, Estee Lauder, International Women's Day, Simone De Beauvoir, Amma, Master Cheng Yen, Gertrude Berg, Self-Esteem, Rigoberta Menchu, Angella Nazarian, Somaly Mam, Mentors, Conchita Cintron, Jacqueline Novogratz, Frida Kahlo, Women, Helen Suzman, Personal Growth, Pioneers of the Possible, Golda Meir, Celebrating Visionary Women, Slidepollajax, Ella Fitzgerald, Nawal El Moutawakel, Visionary, Forugh Farrokhzad, Women's Day, Women News
Angella Nazarian

My hope is that the stories of these visionary women present to us the flame of the passionate life, the knife of insight, and the courage to stand for what one sees without looking away.

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D'Jew?: Woody Allen, Ruth Gruber, Gertrude Berg, and the Jews of Eastern Europe

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ruth Gruber, Billy Graham, Josh Brolin, Tony Roberts, Gertrude Berg, Woody Allen, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

A long time has passed since the sound "d'jew" could be heard in a conversation between characters played by Tony Roberts and Woody Allen in a Woody A...

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Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg Documents Radio/TV Diva Gertrude Berg Popular from Great Depression Through McCarthy Era

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Milanos Downey, A Majority of One, Ed Asner, African-Americans, Actresses, Aviva Kempner, Catholic-Americans, Emmy Award, Red Channels, Richmond-Virginia, Documentary Film, Tony Award, Gertrude Berg, Jewish-Americans, Rosalind Russell, Aphrodite Palans Andrew, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Communism, The Black List, Screenwriters, Red Scare, Philip Loeb, Huac, Socialism, Susan Stamberg, Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg, Women Directors, Norman Lear, Radio, The Rise of the Goldbergs, Greek-Americans, The Goldbergs, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg underscores a unique moment in our history when the Jewish experience crossed over into households composed of African Americans and Midwesterners, as they all listened to The Rise of the Goldbergs.

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Interview With Aviva Kempner, Director of Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Goldbergs, Bronx, Jewish, Aviva Kempner, Mccarthyism, Gertrude Berg, Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

Gertrude Berg created the radio series The Goldbergs, which morphed into the first family sitcom on TV, about a Jewish family living in the Bronx.

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HuffPost Review: Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liberace, Marshall Fine, Gertrude Berg, Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg, Norman Lear, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Aviva Kempner's Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg is an engrossing nostalgia bath -- if you're of a certain age.

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