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    Women's Studies

    Cover of Ladyparts
    Non­fic­tion
    Lady­parts
    Deb­o­rah Copaken
    Cover of Spin: A Novel Based on a Mostly True Story
    Fic­tion
    Spin: A Nov­el Based on a Most­ly True Story
    Peter Zheut­lin
    Cover of Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture
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    Mahjong: A Chi­nese Game and the Mak­ing of Mod­ern Amer­i­can Culture
    Annelise Heinz
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    Fic­tion
    Two Jews = Three Shuls
    San­dra Tankoos
    Cover of The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
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    The Nine: The True Sto­ry of a Band of Women Who Sur­vived the Worst of Nazi Germany
    Gwen Strauss
    Cover of 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz
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    999: The Extra­or­di­nary Young Women of the First Offi­cial Jew­ish Trans­port to Auschwitz
    Heather Dune Macadam
    Cover of A Year Without Men: A Twelve-Point Guide to Inspire + Empower Women
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    A Year With­out Men: A Twelve-Point Guide to Inspire + Empow­er Women
    Alli­son Carmen
    Cover of Requiem for a Female Serial Killer
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    Requiem for a Female Ser­i­al Killer
    Phyl­lis Chesler
    Cover of Irma's Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of Courage
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    Irma’s Pass­port: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Lega­cy of Courage
    Cather­ine Ehrlich
    Cover of Sex Points: Reclaim Your Sex Life with the Revolutionary Multi-point System
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    Sex Points: Reclaim Your Sex Life with the Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Mul­ti-point System
    Bat She­va Marcus
    Essay—From the Journal

    Tak­ing the Road: Jew­ish Women’s Trav­el Writing

    Emi­ly Burack
    August 19, 2020
    Essay

    Jew­ish Mid­wives in History

    Jor­dan Katz
    July 27, 2020
    Essay

    The Impos­si­ble Life of Beate Siro­ta Gordon

    Beate at Mills Col­lege, 1942

    Jeff Gottes­feld
    June 17, 2020
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    JBC Authors at the Table: Jan Eliasberg

    Jan Elias­berg
    June 16, 2020
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    Fic­tion
    Hannah’s War
    Jan Elias­berg
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    Won­der and Mar­vel: Women and the Art of Shavuot

    Emi­ly Schneider
    May 27, 2020
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