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