USPS releases RBG stamp
The stamp shows Ginsburg wearing her black judge's robe and signature white collar.
(JTA) – The United States Postal Service has released a new series of stamps honouring Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the late Jewish Supreme Court justice and liberal icon who died in 2020.
The stamp shows Ginsburg wearing her black judge’s robe and signature white collar. It was announced last year as part of the postal service’s 2023 line-up of new stamps.
The stamp’s release comes three years and two weeks after Ginsburg’s death at 87, after 27 years on the Supreme Court. Her death, from pancreatic cancer, came on the eve of Rosh Hashanah at a time of intense political polarisation – which deepened as then-president Donald Trump pushed through a conservative replacement despite a looming presidential election.
The USPS says on its website about Ginsburg: “She began her career as an activist lawyer fighting gender discrimination. She went on to become a judge who was unafraid to disagree with her colleagues. Ginsburg gained a reputation as a respected voice for equal justice.”
The US Postal Service’s special edition stamps commemorating notable Americans have included many Jews, such as the physicist Richard Feynman in 2005, cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg in 1995 and, in 1991, comedian Fanny Brice, the inspiration for the musical Funny Girl.
Last year, the service released a special-edition stamp featuring the Jewish poet Shel Silverstein.
The USPS has also offered a range of Chanukah stamps and last year introduced a new one, its ninth since 1996. The new stamp, which remains available, was drawn by Jeanette Kuvin Oren, a Jewish artist who also designs ritual objects for home and synagogue use.
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