I love this quote from Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot by an assassin on Saturday in Tucson. It was in a New York Times article about Congregation Chaverim, a small reform Jewish congregation she belongs to in Tuscon.

“If you want something done, your best bet is to ask a Jewish woman to do it,” she said in a 2006 interview. Jewish women, she continued, “have an ability to cut through all the reasons why something should, shouldn’t or can’t be done, and pull people together to be successful.”