Bibliography

Film

Voices Across the Divide, An oral history project sharing the stories of Palestinians, premiered at the Boston Palestine Film Festival, 2013

Bibliography

Please see list of Other Writings on the website for a more detailed, up-to-date listing

Finding Melody Sullivan, Cune Press, 2023

Condition Critical: Life and Death in Israel/Palestine, Just World Books 2017

Extraordinary Rendition: (American) Writers on Palestine, Edited by Ru Freeman, OR Books, 2016

On the Brink: Israel and Palestine on the Eve of the 2014 Gaza Invasion, Just World Books, 2015

Shifting Sands: Jewish Women Confront the Israeli Occupation, edited by Osie Gabriel Adelfang, Whole World Press, 2010

Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience, Pluto Press, 2007, second edition 2010, translated into German and Hebrew

Op Ed in The Boston Globe
Mideast chaos, grief resound in the air, 2006

Op Ed in Baltimore Sun
Stress, trauma strain Palestinians, 2005

Op Ed in The Boston Globe
Pitching in for Health on the West Bank, 2004

Op Ed in The Boston Globe
Wrestling with an old demon, 2003

Up Against the Wall, Jewish Currents, 2003

Op Ed in The Boston Globe
For American Jews, mixed allegiances, 2002

Women & Health, Power Technology, Inequalities and Conflict in a Gendered World,
Kathryn Strother Ratcliff
Chapter: From Both Ends of the Speculum: Reflections on Women’s Health Care in America, 2002

Routledge International Women’s Encyclopedia, Chapter on Obstetrics, 2001

Op Ed in The Boston Globe
Caught in the Anguish, 2001

Boston University Medicine, Alumni Magazine, From a Woman’s Point of View, Boston University School of Medicine, volume 6/no.4. winter 1998

Book reviews in The Boston Globe:
Mother Daughter Revolution: From Betrayal to Power by Elizabeth Debold, Marie Wilson, Idelisse Malave, 1993
The American Way of Birth by Jessica Mitford, 1992
Birth as American Rite of Passage by Robbie Davis-Floyd, 1992

Book reviews in the New England Journal of Medicine:
The Dignity of Labor? A study of childbearing and Induction by Ann Cartwright, 1979
Between Strangers, Surrogate Mothers, Expectant Fathers, And Brave New Babies by Elizabeth Debold, Marie Wilson, Idelisse Malave, 1989

Introduction to The Women’s Encyclopedia of Health and Natural Healing, 1981

Introduction to Coping with a Miscarriage, 1978

Awards and Honors:

2015
Jack Backman Social Justice Award, Brookine PAX

2014
Making a Difference Award, COMMFFEST Global Community Film Festival, Toronto Ontario Canada

2013
Audience Award for the documentary, Voices Across the Divide, Boston Palestine Film Festival

2006
named in “Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975” edited by Barbara Love, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago

2004
Community Service Award, Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity and Community Partnership, awarded for work with the Jewish American Medical Project

2001
Best of Boston’s Women Doctors Award, Boston Magazine

1998
Named one of ten “Jewish Women to Watch” by Jewish Women International

1997
Key Contribution Award, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

1996
Honorary Co-Chairwoman, Our Bodies Ourselves 25th Anniversary

1995
Key Contribution Award, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Organizational involvement

Jewish Voice for Peace

Gaza Mental Health Program, board member

Just World Educational, board member

We Are Not Numbers, Mentor Liaison

Lectures and teaching experience:

Please see list of Speaking Engagements on the website for more recent lectures

2006
Psychological and Social Impact of the Israeli Occupation on Palestinian Children, panel with Ibrahim Masri, cosponsored by the Palestine@MIT, MIT Muslim Students Association, MIT Arab Students Organization

2006
Working Under Occupation: From health care to education in the West Bank and Gaza, International Education Policy seminar, Harvard Graduate School of Education

2006
Health and Human Rights Consequences of the Occupation and Violence: Focus on the West Bank and Gaza, cosponsored by The Social Justice Center of Peterborough Unitarian Church, Monadnock Friends Meeting, Palestinian Educational Network

2006
Israel and the Occupied Territories: How can the Palestinians achieve social justice? Co-presentation with Alan Meyers and Howard Lenow, Hillel Bnai Torah Adult Education

1997-2005
Multiple lectures on the Current Health Care Crisis

2005
Health and Human Rights Consequences of Occupation and Violence on Israelis and Palestinians: Focusing on the West Bank and Gaza,
Codman Square Neighborhood Health Center, Dorchester

2005
Health and Human Rights Consequences of Occupation and Violence on Israelis and Palestinians: Focusing on the West Bank and Gaza,
Harvard School of Public Health, Global Chat

2005
Health and Human Rights Consequences of Occupation and Violence on Israelis and Palestinians: Focusing on the West Bank and Gaza,Boston College, Life Long Learning in Retirement, with Howard Lenow

2005
Health and Human Rights Consequences of Occupation and Violence on Israelis and Palestinians: Focusing on the West Bank and Gaza,
Harvard Medical School, Physicians for Human Rights

2005
Jewish American Medical Project, cosponsored by Seacoast Peace Response, NH Peace Action & The Palestine Education Network, with Alan Meyers, MD

2005
Health and Human Rights Consequences of Occupation and Violence on Israelis and Palestinians: Focusing on the West Bank and Gaza, UMASS Medical School, Physicians for Human Rights

2005
A Critical Look at the Occupation in the West Bank and Gaza and the Implications for the War in Iraq, cosponsored by Clark Peaceworks and Clark University Dean Little

2005
UNSETTLING GAZA: Present Realities & the Future of Israel/Palestine, Cathedral Church of St. Paul Episcopal, panel with Sara Roy, Leila Farsakh

2005
Health and Human Rights Consequences of Occupation and Violence on Israelis and Palestinians: Focusing on the West Bank and Gaza, Brandeis/Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

2005
Report Back: A Personal Look at the Health and Human Rights Consequences of Occupation and Violence on Israelis and Palestinians, Sociology of Medicine, Clark University

2005
Report Back: A Personal Look at the Health and Human Rights Consequences of Occupation and Violence on Israelis and Palestinians, Workmen’s Circle, Kumsitz, Brookline, Mass.

2005
From Both Ends of the Speculum: What’s happening in healthcare?
League of Women Voters, Plymouth, Mass.

2004
From Both Ends of the Speculum: What’s happening to healthcare?
League of Women Voters, Brookline, Mass., keynote address

1970- Present
Lectures to Lay and Professional Audiences, including the following topics; Menopause, Treating Vaginitis, Childbirth Practices and History, Pain Relief in Labor, Caring for Undeserved Populations, Women in Medicine

2004
Multiple lectures on the Health and Human Rights Consequences of Violence and Occupation on Israelis and Palestinians, venues include: Cambridge Hospital Alliance
Harvard Law School
Clark University
Tufts University
University of Massachusetts
MIT, Center for International Studies
Salem State Peace College
Vassar College
Boston Social Forum

2004
Report back: A personal look at the health and human rights consequences of violence and occupation on Israelis and Palestinians, Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Grand Rounds

2004
Health impact of occupation on the Palestinian population: Report of a delegation from the Jewish American Medical Project, American Public Health Association, 132nd annual meeting

2004
Achieving Access To Healthcare And Prescription Drugs: Roadblocks, Promises, and Politics, Brookline Health Department, public meeting

2003
Presentation on Women’s Health Care to a group of Eritrean women in the Boston area, session was simultaneously translated into Tigrinya, videotaped and will be used for educational program in the US and in Eritrea

2003
From Both Ends of the Speculum: A Feminist Analysis of Health Care, American Medical Student Association

2003
Health Care in Crisis, American Medical Student Association

2002
Participant in Girl Empowerment Workshop, Asmara, Eritrea, with focus on women’s health care

2002
Money and Ethics: The Debate Over Concierge Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Social Medicine, discussion of medical ethics

2002
Sex education course for 5th and 8th graders, Pierce School, Brookline, Mass.

2001
Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Carney Hospital, Grand Rounds

1990- 2002
Clinical teaching for the Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Gynecology for the Non-Gynecologist

1999
Key Note Address, Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., From Both Ends of the Speculum: Reflections on Women and Health Care

1998
Sex education Course for 5th and 8th graders, Pierce School, Brookline, Mass.

1998
An analysis of the Health Care System and Strategies for Change, Brookline Adult Education

1997
Key Note Address, Harvard Community Health Plan, Copley Center,
From Both Ends of the Speculum: Reflections on Women and Health Care in the Twentieth Century

1997
What do you do with the Mayonnaise? Teaching Sex Education to Eighth Grade Students, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Grand Rounds

1997
Menopause: Recent Discoveries and Controversies, Brookline Adult Education Program

1997
Sex Education Course for 5th and 8th graders, Pierce School, Brookline, Mass.

1997
From Both Ends of the Speculum: A Reflection on Women and Health Care in the Twentieth Century, Keynote Address, Copley Health Center Women’s Night Out, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

1997
A Day in the Life of a Physician, Workshop for WISE Career Day, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Mass.

1997
Menopause: Recent Discoveries and Controversies, Surviving, Celebrating, Moving On, Pine Manor College

1996
Is it Hot Flashes or is it Your Boss? Forum on New Pathways for Women, MIDLIFE: Options for Women, and Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change

1996
Appearance on Women Today, Cablevision of Boston/Brookline. Roundtable Discussion of Menopause, with host Andrea Gargiulo

1995
Presentation on Hormone Replacement Therapy to the Women’s
Health Continuing Education Group, Harvard Community Health Plan

1994
Women’s Health Conference, Harvard Community Health Center, Panel Member, Hormonal Therapy in Management of the Premenopause, CME course

1994
Quality Assurance, Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Hospital

1994
The Female Body, Menarche to Menopause, Women’s Health and Mental Health: Issues for Male and Female Therapists, CME course, Harvard Medical School

1991
Menopause: Recent Discoveries and Controversies, Strengthening Connections at Midlife, Pine Manor College

1986
World Fellowship, New Hampshire, Care for Underserved Populations

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