Items with the tag: activism | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging

Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging

Angela Buchdahl

Cover of Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences

Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences

Cover of Franz Boas: In Praise of Open Minds

Franz Boas: In Praise of Open Minds

Cover of A Precise Chaos

A Precise Chaos

Cover of The Jewish South: An American History

The Jewish South: An American History

Essay

Correcting the Injustice of Forgetting: The Black Angelenos of Sugar Hill

Kyra Davis Lurie

June 9, 2025

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Biblical Heroines: Eight Novels That Celebrate Women Who Stand for Justice

Jacqueline Friedland

May 23, 2025

Cover of Bronshtein in the Bronx

Bronshtein in the Bronx

Cover of To Forever Inhabit this Earth: An Ethic of Enoughness

To Forever Inhabit this Earth: An Ethic of Enoughness

Nina Beth Cardin

Cover of Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children and Founded the World’s Largest Children’s Library

Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children and Founded the World’s Largest Children’s Library

Katherine Paterson; Sally Deng, illus.

Cover of A Few Words in Defense of Our Country

A Few Words in Defense of Our Country

Cover of Smashing the Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible

Smashing the Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible

Cover of Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug

Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug

Sarah Aronson; Andrea D'Aquino, illus.

Cover of Chutzpah Girls: 100 Tales of Daring Jewish Women

Chutzpah Girls: 100 Tales of Daring Jewish Women

Julie Silverstein

Tami Schlossberg Pruwer

Essay

Maimonides and the Giving Season

Richard Michelson

January 6, 2025

Cover of More than Enough: Inspired by Maimonides's Golden Ladder of Giving

More than Enough: Inspired by Maimonides’s Golden Ladder of Giving

Richard Michelson; Joe Cepeda, illus.