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Leah Grisham | Jewish Book Council

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Leah Grisham

Leah Grisham, PhD is a writer and edu­ca­tor whose upcom­ing book, Hero­ic Dis­obe­di­ence: The Forced Mar­riage Plot, 1748 – 1880 will be pub­lished by Ver­non Press in 2022. She writes about Jew­ish life, lit­er­a­ture, and feminism.

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Non­fic­tion
Onto Cen­ter Stage: The Bib­li­cal Woman
Sara Reguer
Cover of Even God Had Bad Parenting Days: Ancient Jewish Wisdom for New Parents
Non­fic­tion
Even God Had Bad Par­ent­ing Days: Ancient Jew­ish Wis­dom for New Parents
Ali­cia Jo Rabins
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Fic­tion
Human Blues
Elisa Albert
Cover of All the Shining People
Fic­tion
All the Shin­ing People
Kathy Friedman
Cover of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Fic­tion
I Nev­er Promised You a Rose Garden
Joanne Greenberg
Cover of What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?: Discover a Life Filled with Purpose and Joy Through the Secrets of Jewish Wisdom
Non­fic­tion
What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?: Dis­cov­er a Life Filled with Pur­pose and Joy Through the Secrets of Jew­ish Wisdom
Michal Oshman
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Non­fic­tion
Into the For­est: A Holo­caust Sto­ry of Sur­vival, Tri­umph, and Love
Rebec­ca Frankel
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Non­fic­tion
I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Oth­er Immi­grant Tales): Notes From a Sovi­et Girl on Becom­ing an Amer­i­can Woman
Margarita Gokun Silver
Essay

Gisel­la Perl and Our ​‘Haunt­ed Present’

Leah Grisham
April 25, 2022

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