Each month on Can We Talk?, the Jewish Women’s Archive features stories and conversations about Jewish women and the issues that shape our public and private lives. Alternating between a documentary style and a roundtable format, Can We Talk? includes profiles of historical and contemporary Jewish women, frank discussion of culture, politics, and current events, and little-known stories from our past and present. Contact us at podcasts@jwa.org. Tell us what you think of the podcast! Take our survey at https://jwa.org/podcastsurvey.
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Episode 2: Body of Knowledge
Forty-five years ago a group of women in the Boston area published Our Bodies Ourselves—a groundbreaking book that put forward the radical notion that women should get to know their bodies and take charge of their health and sexuality.
Episode 1: The Pilot's Pilot
Women flew airplanes in the U.S. before they could vote. In the 1940s, two young Jewish women from different continents both got their pilot's licenses. In the turbulent years after WWII, their stories were woven together—not by fate, but by flight.