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    Dina Wein­stein

    Dina Wein­stein is a Rich­mond, Vir­ginia-based writer.

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    Essay

    Gertrude Stein Reis­sues Focus­ing on the Artis­tic Process

    by Dina Wein­steinGertrude Stein (1874 – 1946) was a rule-break­ing poet and writer, sup­port­er of the arts, and salon hostess.The Poet­ry Foun­da­tion describes Stein as…
    Dina Wein­stein
    June 30, 2014
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    Read­ing Free­dom Summer

    by Dina Wein­steinBooks on the 1964 Mis­sis­sip­pi Free­dom Sum­mer are clas­si­fied under African Amer­i­can his­to­ry and civ­il rights. But the project was rife with Jew­ish…
    Dina Wein­stein
    June 18, 2014
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    Jew­ish Books Boom­ing in the Heart of Dixie

    by Dina Wein­steinMem­oirs, diaries, and col­lec­tions tell the South­ern Jew­ish story.It’s an expe­ri­ence that has gained pop­u­lar­i­ty based on the clas­sics of this…
    Dina Wein­stein
    January 30, 2014
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    The Lega­cy of Robert Kim­mel Smith

    by Dina Wein­stein Forty years ago in books and in groups, women were doc­u­ment­ing, prod­ding, and exam­in­ing their world, their sta­tus, and their lot as they entered the…
    Dina Wein­stein
    November 14, 2013

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