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    Cover of Gertrude Weil: Jewish Progressive in the New South
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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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    Mis­sis­sip­pi, Mon Amour

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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
    Cover of Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-1940
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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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    Activists Speak Out
    Marie Cieri and Claire Peeps, eds.
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    A Por­trait of Paci­fists: Le Cham­bon, the Holo­caust, and the Lives of André and Mag­da Trocmé
    Richard P. Unsworth; Peter I. Rose, fwd.
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    A Zion­ist Among Palestinians
    Hillel Bardin
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    Sub­ver­sives: The FBI’s War on Stu­dent Rad­i­cals and Rea­gan’s Rise to Power
    Seth Rosenfeld
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    Is Prayer for Activists?

    Rab­bi Shmu­ly Yan­klowitz is the founder and pres­i­dent of Uri L’Tzedek. He is the author of Jew­ish Ethics & Social Jus­tice: A Guide for the 21st…
    Shmu­ly Yanklowitz
    March 19, 2012
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    Spir­i­tu­al Activism: A Jew­ish Guide to Lead­er­ship and Repair­ing the World
    Rabbi Avraham Weiss
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