From the Inside Out, a podcast hosted by Rivkah Krinsky and Eda Schottenstein, in conversation with Diane Abrams, a Jewish lawyer, professor, feminist leader, author, and mother who shares her journey of balancing career and family and tells of her relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
In this episode of From The Inside Out Podcast with Rivkah and Eda, join us for an inspiring conversation with a trailblazing woman, Diane Abrams, who has worn many hats: lawyer, professor, feminist leader, author, and devoted mother. Diane shares her extraordinary journey of balancing career and family, her close relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and the powerful legacy of her new book, My Grandmother’s Candlesticks. Discover timeless lessons on faith, resilience, and finding purpose in every stage of life. Perfect for anyone seeking wisdom, inspiration, and a deeper connection to their own story.
Diane Schulder Abrams is an attorney who taught the first Women and the Law course in 1969 at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and then at New York University Law School. An activist at the forefront of the fight for women’s rights in the 1970s, she has written about women’s rights and also about issues related to the Jewish community. After reading an article that she published about her grandmother in 1974, the Lubavitcher Rebbe requested that she write more about her grandmother. Diane is now completing an intergenerational memoir titled My Grandmother’s Candlesticks: Feminism and Judaism.
You can purcahse Diane’s book, My Grandmother’s Candlesticks, here: https://oupress.org/product/my-grandmothers-candlesticks/
I have been positively influenced by the journey of Diane Abrams and found her new book My Grandmother’s Candlesticks. to be fascinating and spellbinding and further concretizes why she is such a role model. I especially have enjoyed reading about her relationship and encounters that she had with the Rebbe z”l . I have had the privilege of corresponding with Diane Abrams and she has given me encouragement in my own shalichut of promoting shalom bayit vis a vis my Israeli non profit B’Yachad B’Osher/Together in Happiness. Wonderful choice of persons to interview – so kol hakavod to the podcast… Read more »
Absolutely loved hearing this most inspiring talk. Thank you to these wonderful lamplighters who shine their beautiful light, inspiring us toward even greater accomplishments!