Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a founding editor of Ms. magazine and co-convener of several Palestinian-Jewish dialogue groups, has written about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for more than 40 years. She is the author of 12 books, including Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America (1991), and Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy (2022).
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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