Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (HBI), a research center at Brandeis University, develops fresh ways of thinking about Jews and gender worldwide

Kantika
Elizabeth Graver
How wonderful to see Elizabeth Graver and Tova Mirvis, both acclaimed authors and past HBI Scholars in Residence, together last evening at Graver’s KANTIKA book launch at @newtonvillebks! 1/2 https://t.co/CuFQaGIGtX
Hardcover, 2023
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power
Pnina Lahav
We’re looking forward to speaking with Pnina Lahav, author of “The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power” one week from today! Join us: https://t.co/2lyEpOTU8W https://t.co/PiZUnO9fE9
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Atomic Anna
Rachel Barenbaum
Join the HBI Seminar Series on 1/23 to hear HBI Scholar in Residence @rbarenbaum discuss her current work in progress, “Lady Killers: Jewish Female Assassins in late 19th Century Russia.” 1/23, 12 pm ET/hybrid: https://t.co/sVhCAZ6qEJ https://t.co/e647mY3b4A
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
Judy Batalion
Happy to see Judy Batalion’s “The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos” featured in this piece about poet-activist Irena Klepfisz. https://t.co/na8QrTeEPL
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust
Sarah Silberstein Swartz
Congratulations to Sarah Silberstein Swartz, HBI Research Associate, on the publication of her important YA book, “Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust.” Join Swartz for a reading on 1/14 at the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library. https://t.co/Wquu41hTft
Paperback, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Horse
Geraldine Brooks
Rachel Barenbaum @rbarenbaum, HBI Research Associate, Fall 2022 HBI Scholar in Residence, and author of “Atomic Anna,” interviews Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks about her new novel, “Horse.” http://ow.ly/hg1y50K3C5l
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book