5 Jewish Women Who Changed the World | Unpacked

From Queen Esther of the Purim story to 17th century rabbinical scholar Asenath Barzani, and from poet and Haganah martyr Hannah Senesh to former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and former U.S. Representative Bella Abzug, these five Jewish women changed the world, each in their own way.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:22 Queen Esther of the Purim story
02:44 Asnat Barzani
04:35 Hannah Senesh
07:08 Golda Meir
09:37 Bella Abzug
11:11 Outro

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[j.lingle]

Wouldn’t Bella Abzug be ashamed of what the “social justice” movement has become in the West - antisemitic.

[aj.a]

Thank you for sharing. All too often Jews are portrayed historically with passivity. These stories need to be shared.

[Bettybaminjerusalem]

I never herd about Osnat Barazani, as a kurdish jew I feel extra proud. Thanks for the intresting content.

[AnoJanJan]

Thank you for your very interesting video. Of all the incredible women you spoke about, for me Queen Esther is the most remarkable. As a Christian I have studied her story & when you take into consideration the social norms of the time there is no doubt that God had her in His palm & had plans for her, otherwise the King would have had her executed just for asking for an audience. She holds a very special place in my heart. God bless Israel 🙏✡✝

[venice]

Great video, as always, thank you. And I always love the guy that presents them.

[sunnymitra]

Golda Meir is my Favorite 😊
Love from India 🇮🇳❤🇮🇱

[safiremorningstar]

I had not heard of Bella... Thank you for introducing me to her.

[dedewa]

HaShem bless Israel
Biafrans never forget Golda Meir during British Genocide against Biafra (1967 -70).

[LeoValdez]

purim in 2 weeks and we are talking about ester

[annehersey]

For the same reason Meier resigned, it’s pretty much expected in Israel today that when the Hamas war is over, Netanyahu will either step down or be nudged!

[jamiepenic]

I think you should have included Gracia Mendes Nasi that helped during the period of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisition...

[adamjanowitz]

Méltatlanul keveset tudunk Magyarországon Szenes Hanna nagyságáról és hősiességéről, és amit a zsidóságért tett.
❤Szenes Hanna❤

[BrosseAdam]

In France we have Simone Veil, who is in my eyes the most important French Jewish woman of the 20th century, she is a survivor of Auschwitz who passed the law decriminalizing the use of abortion in France in the 70s.

[Fairy_of_Goodness]

Love this so much😅❤great humor and edits. Cant believe it held my add interest for so long

[cobyhizkiya]

They tried to kill us ... They failed... Lets eat ❤🎯

[CatFoxHybrid]

💗✡️💗Love toward the Jewish religion always & happy exciting Women’s history month❣️

[achilles]

THE REAL LIST!:
Sarah the mother of the children of Israel.
Rebekah the mother of the children of Israel.
Leah the mother of the children of Israel.
Rachel the mother of the children of Israel.
Yochevet the mother of Moshe.
Bethiah the adoptive mother of Moshe.(converted)
Tziporah the wife of Moshe.
Miriam the sister of Moshe.
Ruth the great grandmother of King David.(converted), (not a prophetess to my knowledge)
Hannah, Abigail, Deborah.
Esther the Queen.
And many more.
All prophetesses, all saints, all virtuous, righteous and good women.
Mention the Jewish women of the Hebrew Bible before any other.

[williamjohnson]

Golda was not Head of State, i.e. President. She was Head of Government, i.e. Prime Minister.

[חןבינשטוק-לש]

Very interesting.
Never heard of to of these women before.
Ausnat Barazani and Bella abzug ro I learned something new

[Menstral]

5 women in all of history are only a drop in the bucket of changing history