RBG: Jewish American Pioneer Embraced Both Worlds

On Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, we pause to remember those who passed in the prior year. Over the span of 5780, we lost so many giants and icons – Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Kirk Douglas, Katherine Johnson, Larry Kramer, Jim Lehrer, Rep. John Lewis, Phyllis Lyon, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Carl Reiner, and CT Vivian, among others. There’s no shortage of lives to remember and heroes to eulogize.

But there is one name that truly stands out for American Jews as we consider those we lost – Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Superlatives are in short supply when we look back over her lifetime of accomplishments. The first female Jewish Supreme Court justice made an indelible mark on our democracy.