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Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a founding editor of Ms magazine, is a writer, lecturer, and social justice activist.

  • The author with her father in his Jewish War Veterans uniform,  circa 1944
    The author with her father in his Jewish War Veterans uniform,  circa 1944
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    The Arbiter of Jewish Law

    My father bent the rules when it came to driving on Shabbat or eating Chinese food. But when I asked him to bend a rule for me, he wouldn’t budge.

    byLetty Cottin Pogrebin
  • Alice Shalvi at her home in Jerusalem in 2016.
    Alice Shalvi at her home in Jerusalem in 2016.
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    The Most Famous Israeli You’ve Never Heard Of

    As an educator and feminist activist, Alice Shalvi has been a major force for decades. At 92, she shares her life story in her new memoir, ‘Never a Native.’

    byLetty Cottin Pogrebin
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    The Personal Is Political—and Vice Versa

    An excerpt from Letty Cottin Pogrebin’s new novel, ‘Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate’

    byLetty Cottin Pogrebin
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    Remembering Leonard Nimoy’s Wise Jewish Soul

    Letty Cottin Pogrebin offers a moving tribute to her longtime friend

    byLetty Cottin Pogrebin
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    (iStockphoto.com)
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    Turns of Praise

    Accepting Central Synagogue’s annual Shofar Award for my lifetime of activism, I found myself intrigued and perplexed by the language of adulation

    byLetty Cottin Pogrebin
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