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human rights

Cover of On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice
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On Set­tler Colo­nial­ism: Ide­ol­o­gy, Vio­lence, and Justice
Adam Kirsch
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Through the Morgue Door: One Woman’s Sto­ry of Sur­vival and Sav­ing Chil­dren in Ger­man-Occu­pied Paris
Colette Brull-Ulmann and Jean-Christophe Portes; Anne Landau and Margaret Sinclair, trans.
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Love Let­ter From Pig: My Broth­er’s Sto­ry of Free­dom Summer
Julie Kabat
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Out­side Voic­es: A Mem­oir of the Berke­ley Revolution
Joan Gelfand
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In the Gar­den of the Right­eous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews Dur­ing the Holocaust 
Richard Hurowitz
Cover of Years of Glory: Nelly Benatar and the Pursuit of Justice in Wartime North Africa
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Years of Glo­ry: Nel­ly Benatar and the Pur­suit of Jus­tice in Wartime North Africa
Susan Gilson Miller
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The Social Jus­tice Torah Commentary
Bar­ry H. Block
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Inter­na­tion­al Jew­ish Human­i­tar­i­an­ism in the Age of the Great War
Jaclyn Granick
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The Impos­si­ble Life of Beate Siro­ta Gordon

Beate at Mills Col­lege, 1942

Jeff Gottes­feld
June 17, 2020
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When Silence Speaks Volumes 

Mar­ra B. Gad
June 12, 2020
Cover of Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work
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Dis­senter on the Bench: Ruth Bad­er Ginsburg’s Life and Work
Vic­to­ria Ortiz
Cover of How to Fight Anti-Semitism
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How to Fight Anti-Semitism 
Bari Weiss
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Reread­ing My Moth­er’s Memoir 

Helen Epstein
January 24, 2020
Civ­il Rights and Race 
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Beyond the Shad­ows: The Holo­caust and the Dan­ish Exception

Judy Glick­man Lauder, Elie Wiesel , Michael Beren­baum, Judith S. Goldstein 
December 9, 2019
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Splitsville
Howard Akler
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