The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

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Kim Klausner

Kim Klausner has a Masters in History from San Francisco State University where she wrote her thesis on Tima Ludins Tomash, a Jewish political activist and New York City Teachers Union member. Klausner was one of the founders of OUT/LOOK: National Lesbian and Gay Quarterly and has worked in community-based archives for the past ten years.

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Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall’s 1944 Hollywood debut in To Have and Have Not catapulted her into instant stardom. Costarring with her husband-to-be, Humphrey Bogart, Bacall soon became known for her smoldering look. Throughout her career, Bacall felt pressure to relinquish her Jewish identity but held a strong allegiance to her first-generation Jewish immigrant family.