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Rachel Sara Rosenthal

Rachel Sara Rosen­thal is an envi­ron­men­tal attor­ney in Wash­ing­ton, DC. Orig­i­nal­ly from Greens­boro, North Car­oli­na, she grad­u­at­ed from Duke Uni­ver­si­ty in 2003 and Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty School of Law in 2006.
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Bonna Devora Haberman
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Susan M. Weiss & Netty C. Gross-Horowitz
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Fer­til­i­ty and Jew­ish Law: Fem­i­nist Per­spec­tives on Ortho­dox Respon­sa Literature
Ronit Irshai; Joel A. Linsider, trans.
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Phyl­lis Chesler
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Carol Meyers
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Mag­gie Anton
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Jeanne E. Abrams
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Lindsay Pollock
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Elinor Burkett
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