Hi Jay crew, this is Stephanie. I'm in a very cute cottage in upstate New York,

enjoying a few days of nature between the high holidays.

As the sun set for Rush Ashana this past Friday night,

Jews in America and across the world learned of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

It was like a gut punch resounding across social media.

The 87 year old trailblazing Supreme Court justice, the second female justice, one of just a handful of Jewish justices.

It's been her entire career, her entire life really, fighting for equal rights for women and minorities,

fighting so that everyone could have an equal shot.

Her death which plunges the country into a fight over exactly when and by whom she will be

succeeded is keenly felt by the Jewish community, who warns her as exotic or righteous person.

Today you're going to hear from Abigail Pogribin, writer, friend of the show and host of

Tablitz Parsha in Progress podcast. In 2005 she published a book called Stars of David,

prominent Jews talk about being Jewish. She's kindly agreed to read the

chapter on Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Just as Ruth Ginsburg has a run in her stocking, which, I must admit, puts me at ease.

It's my first time in a US Supreme Court justices chambers.

Even that word, chambers, conveys hushed erudite activity and it's strangely comforting to see that this tiny woman with the giant intellect gets running her hose like the rest of us.

Why don't we just sit here?

She gestures to a couch in her sitting area.

Ginsburg, often described as small and soft-spoken,

appears almost miniaturized in her sizable office space,

formerly occupied by the late Thurgood Marshall.

Dressed all in black, slacks, blouse, stocking sandals, a shawl draped around her shoulders.

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