February 2023

February 2023

February 2023 Books

The School That Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler

By Deborah Cadbury. PublicAffairs, 2022. 464 pages. $30/hardcover; $17.99/eBook. The School That Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the…

Reviewed by Judith Favor

February 2023 Books

A Vivifying Spirit: Quaker Practice and Reform in Antebellum America

By Janet Moore Lindman. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022. 284 pages. $119.95/hardcover; $95.99/eBook. A Vivifying Spirit begins with reflections…

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

February 2023 Books

Reflections from a Solitary Meeting for Worship

By John Andrew Gallery. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 469), 2021. 30 pages. $7.50/paperback or eBook. During the last few years,…

Reviewed by Claire J. Salkowski

February 2023 Books

Our Quaker Ancestors: Finding Them in Quaker Records (Second Edition)

By Ellen Thomas Berry and David Allen Berry, edited by Jana Sloan Broglin. Genealogical Publishing Company, 2022. 152 pages. $28.50/paperback.…

Reviewed by Thomas Hamm

February 2023 Books

The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

By Ben Rawlence. St. Martin’s Press, 2022. 320 pages. $29.99/hardcover; $20/paperback (available in the US in December 2023); $14.99/eBook. If…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

February 2023 Books

Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power (Revised Edition)

By Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone. New World Library, 2022. 288 pages. $18.95/paperback or eBook. Most books about the mess…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

February 2023 Books

The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back

By Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian. The New Press, 2021. 320 pages. $28.99/hardcover; $18.99/paperback (available in April); $27.99/eBook. This is…

Reviewed by J.E. McNeil

Viewpoint

Love Is the Way to Peace

“Love Thy Neighbor. (No Exceptions.)” Shulamith Clearbridge

Catherine (Kitty) Bergel

Bergel—Catherine (Kitty) Bergel, 82, on July 29, 2022, at Carol Woods retirement community in Chapel Hill, N.C. Kitty was born…

Margaret Stambaugh

Stambaugh—Margaret Stambaugh, 89, on August 3, 2022, at Friends House retirement community in Sandy Spring, Md. Margaret was born on…

William Webb Van Stone

Van Stone—William Webb Van Stone, 92, on September 22, 2021, peacefully, surrounded by family at his home in Philadelphia, Pa.…

Hedwig (Hedi) Mary Weiler

Weiler—Hedwig (Hedi) Mary Weiler, 87, on December 21, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. She was born on October 2, 1934, to…
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