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Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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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

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Book Cover for: Kantika, Elizabeth Graver

Kantika

Elizabeth Graver
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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
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Book Cover for: The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power, Pnina Lahav

The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power

Pnina Lahav
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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
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Book Cover for: Atomic Anna, Rachel Barenbaum

Atomic Anna

Rachel Barenbaum
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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
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Book Cover for: The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos, Judy Batalion

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

Judy Batalion
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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
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Book Cover for: Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust, Sarah Silberstein Swartz

Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust

Sarah Silberstein Swartz
Hadassah-Brandeis InstituteHadassah-Brandeis Institute

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
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Book Cover for: Horse, Geraldine Brooks

Horse

Geraldine Brooks
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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
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