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Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Lioness

Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel

By: Francine Klagsbrun

Winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award/Everett Family Foundation Book of the Year, this is the definitive biography of the iron-willed leader, chain-smoking political operative, and tea-and-cake serving grandmother who became the fourth prime minister of Israel. Born in tsarist Russia in 1898. Golda Meir immigrated to America in 1906 and grew up in Milwaukee. where from the earliest years she displayed the political consciousness and organizational skills that would eventually catapult her into the inner circles of Israel's founding generation. Moving to mandatory Palestine in 1921 with her husband, the passionate socialist joined a kibbutz but soon left and was hired at a public works office by the man who would become the great love of her life. A series of public service jobs brought her to the attention of David Ben-Gurion, and her political career took off. Fund-raising in America in 1948, secretly meeting in Amman with King Abdullah right before Israel's declaration of independence, mobbed by thousands of Jews in a Moscow synagogue in 1948 as Israel's first representative to the USSR, serving as minister of labor and foreign minister in the 1950s and 1960s, Golda brought fiery oratory, plainspoken appeals, and shrewd-making to the cause to which she had dedicated her life—the welfare and security of the State of Israel and its people. As prime minister, Golda negotiated arms agreements with Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger and had dozens of clandestine meetings with Jordan's King Hussein in the unsuccessful pursuit of a land-for-peace agreement with Israel's neighbors. But her time in office ended in tragedy, when Israel was caught off guard by Egypt and Syria's surprise attack on Yom Kippur in 1973. Resigning in the war's aftermath, Golda spent her final years keeping a hand in national affairs and bemusedly enjoying international acclaim. Francine Klagsbrun's superbly researched and masterly recounted story of Israel's founding mother gives us a Golda for the ages.

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Schocken

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0805211934

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9780805211931

Henrietta Szold

Hadassah and the Zionist Dream

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Henrietta Szold

Hadassah and the Zionist Dream

By: Francine Klagsbrun

Acclaimed author Francine Klagsbrun reveals the complex life and work of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and a Zionist trailblazer Winner of the Summer 2024 Natan Notable Book Award, sponsored by the Jewish Book Council "Klagsbrun's biography arrives at a moment when Zionism is once again a flashpoint for protest and provocation worldwide. It's a timely reminder of Szold's vision for a land that Jews and Arabs alike could call home."--Diane Cole, Wall Street Journal Henrietta Szold (1860-1945) is renowned as the founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, which quickly became one of the most successful of all Zionist groups. In her work with Hadassah, Szold used a combined ethical and pragmatic approach aimed at improving the lives of both Jews and Arabs. She later moved to Mandate Palestine to help shape education, health, and social services there. The pinnacle of her career came in her seventies, when she took on the task of directing the Youth Aliyah program, which rescued thousands of young people from the Nazis and resettled them in Palestine. Using Szold's copious letters, diaries, and essays, along with other archival documents, Francine Klagsbrun traces Szold's life and legacy with an eye to uncovering the person behind the Zionist icon. She reveals Szold as a complex human being who had to cope with controversy and criticism, a workaholic with an outsized sense of duty, and an idealist who fought for her beliefs even as she questioned her own abilities. With deep insight, Klagsbrun introduces readers to this extraordinary woman, whose impact on women's lives as well as on education and health systems still resonates.

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Yale University Press

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0300247788

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9780300247787

Henrietta Szold

Hadassah and the Zionist Dream

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Henrietta Szold

Hadassah and the Zionist Dream

By: Francine Klagsbrun

Award-winning author Francine Klagsbrun reveals the complex life and work of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and a Zionist trailblazer Henrietta Szold (1860–1945) is renowned as the founder of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, which quickly became one of the most successful of all Zionist groups. In her work with Hadassah, Szold used a combined ethical and pragmatic approach aimed at improving the lives of both Jews and Arabs. She later moved to Mandate Palestine to help shape education, health, and social services there. The pinnacle of her career came in her seventies, when she took on the task of directing the Youth Aliyah program, which rescued thousands of young people from the Nazis and resettled them in Palestine. Using Szold’s copious letters, diaries, and essays, along with other archival documents, Francine Klagsbrun traces Szold’s life and legacy with an eye to uncovering the person behind the Zionist icon. She reveals Szold as a complex human being who had to cope with controversy and criticism, a workaholic with an outsized sense of duty, and an idealist who fought for her beliefs even as she questioned her own abilities. With deep insight, Klagsbrun introduces readers to this extraordinary woman, whose impact on women’s lives as well as on education and health systems still resonates.

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Yale University Press

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030027744X

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Lioness

Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel

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Schocken

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0805211934

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Too Young to Die

Youth and Suicide

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Too Young to Die

Youth and Suicide

By: Francine Klagsbrun

The reasons for teenage suicide are explained plus ways of preventing it, including crisis intervention centers.

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212

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0671604058

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9780671604059

Read about the Teacher

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Read about the Teacher

By: Francine Klagsbrun

Traces the history of teaching and describes modern methods and the duties of a present-day teacher.

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Franklin Watts

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0531012654

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Read about the Parkman

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Read about the Parkman

By: Francine Klagsbrun

Describes the many available jobs, from zoo keeper to recreation leader, for those who want to work in parks.

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Franklin Watts

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0531012670

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Jewish Days

A Book of Jewish Life and Culture Around the Year

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Jewish Days

A Book of Jewish Life and Culture Around the Year

By: Francine Klagsbrun

A beautifully illustrated reference guide to the Hebrew calendar narrates the stories behind the Jewish festivals and sacred days and will appeal both to those unfamiliar with the Jewish culture and to those steeped in its traditions. Original. 15,000 first printing.

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Noonday Press

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0374525668

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9780374525668

Voices of Wisdom

Jewish Ideals and Ethics for Everyday Living

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Voices of Wisdom

Jewish Ideals and Ethics for Everyday Living

By: Francine Klagsbrun

Examines from a Jewish point of view such topics as love, sex, marriage, business ethics, health and medicine, the environment, faith, birth control, civil disobedience, scholarship, and death.

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David R Godine Pub

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0879236566

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9780879236564

Read about the Teacher

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Traces the history of teaching and describes modern methods and the duties of a present-day teacher.

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Franklin Watts

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Voices of Wisdom

Jewish Ideals and Ethics for Everyday Living

By: Frances Klagstrum

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Jewish Ideals and Ethics for Everyday Living

By: Frances Klagstrum

Presents Jewish viewpoints, both ancient and modern, on contemporary issues such as abortion and birth control, the environment, civil disobedience, business ethics, the position of women, divorce, gossip, test-tube babies, getting along better with our children, protecting our bodies, and preserving our health.

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Jonathan David Publishers

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0824604431

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9780824604431

Read about the Sanitation Man

By: Francine Klagsbrun

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Read about the Sanitation Man

By: Francine Klagsbrun

Describes the duties of sanitation workers and the methods they use to keep cities clean.

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Franklin Watts

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0531012689

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