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Cover of Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger's Life
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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
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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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A Woman of Uncer­tain Char­ac­ter: The Amorous and Rad­i­cal Adven­tures of My Moth­er Jen­nie (Who Always Want­ed to be a Respectable Jew­ish Mom) By Her Bas­tard Son
Clancy Sigal
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Black Jews, Jews, and Oth­er Heroes: How Grass­roots Activism Led to the Res­cue of the Ethiopi­an Jews
Howard M. Lenhoff
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