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Found Treasures Stories by Women Writer
by Frieda Formam  Publisher Comments An extraordinary collection of prose providing a social and historical look at Jewish women's lives during the last century....
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Out of the Shadow: A Russian Jewish Girlhood on the Lower East Side (Documents in American Social History)
by Rose Cohen 
Publisher Comments In this appealing autobiography, Rose Cohen looks back on her family's journey from Tsarist Russia to New York City's Lower East Side. Her account of their struggles and of her own coming of age in a complex new world vividly illustrates what was, for...
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The Journey Home: How Jewish Women Shaped Modern America
by Joyce Antler Publisher Comments Throughout the twentieth century, American Jewish women have made history, challenging the political and cultural constraints facing women in every aspect of American life. From suffrage to birth control, from trade unionism to civil rights and feminism,...
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You Never Call! You Never Write!: A History of the Jewish Mother
by Joyce Antler Publisher Comments In You Never Call, You Never Write, Joyce Antler provides an illuminating and often amusing history of one of the best-known figures in popular culture — the Jewish Mother. Whether drawn as self-sacrificing or manipulative, in countless films...
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Women Who Danced by the Sea
by Marsha Mirkin Publisher Comments "This is a wise and wonderful book, a book to open minds and nourish souls." -Rabbi Harold Kushner, When Bad Things Happen To Good People "Mirkin is a passionate storyteller who enables us to see ourselves in each story that she tells. The connection...
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Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West
by Jeanne E Abrams Publisher Comments View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction. "Jeanne Abrams knows more than almost anybody else about Jewish women in the American west, and in this well-researched volume she shares that knowledge with her readers. This pioneering...
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The Divine Feminine in Biblical Wisdom Literature
by Rami M. Shapiro Publisher Comments The first of God's creations and God's endless delight, Wisdom (also known as Chochma and Sophia) is the Mother of all life and the guide to right living. The voice of the Divine Feminine in the Holy Scriptures of Jews and Christians, Wisdom's teachings...
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Miriam's Kitchen: A Memoir
by Elizabeth Ehrlich Publisher Comments This National Jewish Book Award winner recounts the painful stories of life in Poland, related by the author's mother-in-law, a Holocaust survivor, and of Ehrlich's new appreciation of the heritage she rejected as a young woman. 24+ Kosher recipes....
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Through the Unknown, Remembered Gate: A Spiritual Journey
by Emily Benedek Review "Benedek is curious, thoughtful and honest, and a good storyteller. . . skilled at articulating ideas and silent yearnings shared by many people searching for religious meaning." —Sandee Brawarsky, THE JEWISH WEEK, May 11...
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Jewish Mothers: Strength, Wisdom, Compassion
by Paula Wolfson Publisher Comments In this celebration of Jewish women and motherhood, stunning black and white duotones are paired with intimate profiles that evoke the lives of fifty Jewish mothers. Each extraordinary woman featured in this collection shares her powerful insights into...
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Jewish Women in Jerusalem, 1840-1914 (Brandeis Series on Jewish Women)
by Margalit Shilo Publisher Comments An in-depth look at the lives of religious Jewish women in Jerusalem at a transitional moment in its history....
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Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism: Resistance and Accommodation (Hbi Series on Jewish Women)
by Tova Hartman Publisher Comments University professor and social activist Tova Hartman, discouraged by failed attempts to make her modern Orthodox synagogue in Jerusalem more inclusive of women, together with other worshippers, set about creating their own own, Shira Hadasha (a new song)...
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Around Sarah's Table: Ten Hasidic Women Share Their Stories of Life, Faith, and Tradition
by Rivka Zakutinsky Publisher Comments In the tradition of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Holy Days by Lis Harris, Rivka Zakutinsky and Yaffa Leba Gottlieb show the inner workings of a fascinating community of women that few outsiders will enter on their own. With humor and sensitivity...
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Emma Lazarus (06 Edition)
by Schor Publisher Comments This is the pioneering biography of the iconoclastic 19th century poet and activist whose verse gave a voice to the Statue of Liberty, but whose extraordinary life has remained a mystery until now....
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Houses of Study: A Jewish Woman Among Books
by Ilana M. Blumberg
Publisher Comments To learn was to live, and to learn well was to live well. This was the lesson of both cultures of the Modern Orthodox Jewish world in which Ilana Blumberg was educated, with its commitment to traditional Jewish practice and ideas alongside an...
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Her Face in the Mirror
by Faye Moskowitz Publisher Comments An exploration of this most difficult and affirming relationship in the lives of Jewish women through poems, stories, and personal essays. "You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate Faye Moskowitz's work. All you need is a mind, a heart, a mother, and...
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The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women's Anthology
by Melanie Kaye Publisher Comments Diverse essays that affirm the depth of women's participation in Jewish life and give strength to feminist struggle in the Jewish community....
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Voices of the Matriarchs: Listening to the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Woman
by Chava Weissler Publisher Comments The first comprehensive study of the religious lives of central and eastern European Jewish women <BR>Most studies of Judaism focus on sources produced by and for learned men--the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, legal codes, and works of...
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Fifty Jewish Women Who Changed the World
by Deborah G Felder Publisher Comments - Molly Picon, beloved star of the Yiddish Theater, Broadway, and Hollywood, blazed a trail for women in the entertainment industry.<BR>- Gertrude Stein not only declared "rose is a rose is a rose is a rose," but championed Picasso and other avant...
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Blessed Is the Daughter, Eighth Edition
by Carolyn Star Hessel Publisher Comments The inspiring story of Jewish women in all lands, from Biblical days to our own time. Their courage, their devotion, their deeds of service and dedication, in heroic action and in the practice of everyday Jewish life....
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