Sandra K. Bornstein

Sandra K. Bornstein is an educator and writer currently living near Boulder, Colorado. She received a B.A. in history and Judaic Studies from the University of Illinois, an M.A. in Jewish Studies from the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies and an M.A. in Elementary Education (Instruction and Curriculum for Culturally and Linguistically Different Learners) from the University of Colorado. Bornstein’s research interests center around American Jewish women; her Jewish Studies master’s thesis examined the life of Rose Haas Alschuler.

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