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    All Stirred Up: Suf­frage Cook­books Food and the Bat­tle for Wom­en’s Right to Vote
    Lau­ra Kumin
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    Nev­er a Native
    Alice Shalvi
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    Gen­der and Reli­gious Lead­er­ship: Women Rab­bis, Pas­tors, and Ministers
    Hartmut Bomhoff, Denise L. Eger, Kathy Ehrensperger, Walter Homolka (Editors)
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    Jocie: South­ern Jew­ish Amer­i­can Princess, Civ­il Rights Activist
    Joce­lyn Dan Wurzburg
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    Lil­lian Wald: Amer­i­ca’s Great Social and Health­care Reformer
    Paul M. Kaplan
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    “We Are Jews Again”: Jew­ish Activism in the Sovi­et Union
    Yuli Kosharovsky; Stefani Hoffman, trans.; Ann Komaromi, ed. & intro.
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    Gertrude Weil: Jew­ish Pro­gres­sive in the New South
    Leonard Rogoff
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    Chang­ing the World from the Inside Out: A Jew­ish Approach to Per­son­al and Social Change
    David Jaffe
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    Adol­fo Kamin­sky: A Forg­er’s Life
    Sarah Kaminsky; Mike Mitchell, trans.
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    Civ­il Disobedience:The Israeli Experience
    Chemi Ben-Noon; Baruch Gefen, trans.
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    Mar­i­one Ingram
    August 20, 2015
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    Open Up the Iron Door: Mem­oirs of a Sovi­et Jew­ry Activist
    Rabbi Avraham Weiss
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    Ask Big Ques­tions: When Do You Say No?

    The Jew­ish Book Coun­cil is delight­ed to pub­lish a con­tin­u­ing blog series in part­ner­ship with Ask Big Ques­tions, an ini­tia­tive out of Hil­lel Inter­na­tion­al…
    Shulem Deen
    April 16, 2015
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    Dri­ving Social Change: How to Solve the World’s Tough­est Problems
    Paul C. Light
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    Bal­lots, Babies, and Ban­ners of Peace: Amer­i­can Jew­ish Wom­en’s Activism, 1890 – 1940
    Melissa R. Klapper
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    Yip Har­burg: Leg­endary Lyri­cist and Human Rights Activist
    Harriet Hyman Alonso
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