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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
Essay

The Impos­si­ble Life of Beate Siro­ta Gordon

Beate at Mills Col­lege, 1942

Jeff Gottes­feld
June 17, 2020
Essay

When Silence Speaks Volumes 

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

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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The JDC at 100: A Cen­tu­ry of Humanitarianism 
Avi­noam J. Patt
Ati­na Grossman
Lin­da G. Levi
Maud S. Mandel
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Visu­al Arts
Beyond the Shadows
Judy Glick­man Lauder
Elie Wiesel 
Michael Beren­baum
Judith S. Goldstein 
Interview

An Inter­view with James Loeffler

Bob Gold­farb
October 18, 2018
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Root­ed Cos­mopoli­tans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twen­ti­eth Century
James Loef­fler Finalist for the 2018 Natan Book Award
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30 Days, 30 Authors: James Loeffler

James Loef­fler
December 5, 2017
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