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History

Cover of The Handbook of the Middle East, rev. ed.
Non­fic­tion
The Hand­book of the Mid­dle East, rev. ed.
Michael B. Kort
Cover of The Silver Cup
Chil­dren’s
The Sil­ver Cup
Constance Leeds
Cover of The Jews in Poland and Russia, vol. 1, 1350 to 1881
Non­fic­tion
The Jews in Poland and Rus­sia, vol. 1, 1350 to 1881
Antony Polonsky
Cover of The Rise and Fall of Arab Jerusalem: Palestinian Politics and the City Since 1967
Non­fic­tion
The Rise and Fall of Arab Jerusalem: Pales­tin­ian Pol­i­tics and the City Since 1967
Hillel Cohen
Cover of 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Transformed the Middle East
Non­fic­tion
1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Trans­formed the Mid­dle East
Tom Segev; Jessica Cohen, trans.
Cover of Torah Through Time: Understanding Bible Commentary From the Rabbinic Period to Modern Times
Non­fic­tion
Torah Through Time: Under­stand­ing Bible Com­men­tary From the Rab­binic Peri­od to Mod­ern Times
Shai Cherry
Cover of From Rebel to Rabbi: Reclaiming Jesus and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture
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From Rebel to Rab­bi: Reclaim­ing Jesus and the Mak­ing of Mod­ern Jew­ish Culture
Matthew Hoffman
Cover of Thugs: How History's Most Notorious Despots Transformed the World Through Terror, Tyranny and Mass Murder
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Thugs: How His­to­ry’s Most Noto­ri­ous Despots Trans­formed the World Through Ter­ror, Tyran­ny and Mass Murder
Micah D. Halpern
Cover of City of Oranges: An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa
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City of Oranges: An Inti­mate His­to­ry of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa
Adam LeBor
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His­tor­i­cal Fig­ure Fixation

Lavie Tid­har​’s most recent nov­el is Osama (PS Pub­lish­ing). He will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.I might be obsessed with…
Lavie Tid­har
December 12, 2011
Cover of Laboratory for World Destruction: Germans and Jews in Central Europe
Non­fic­tion
Lab­o­ra­to­ry for World Destruc­tion: Ger­mans and Jews in Cen­tral Europe
Robert S. Wistrich
Cover of The Jewish Community of Salonika: History, Memory, Identity
Non­fic­tion
The Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty of Saloni­ka: His­to­ry, Mem­o­ry, Identity
Bea Lewkowicz
Cover of Witness
Non­fic­tion
Wit­ness
Ruth Gruber; Richard Holbrooke, fwd.
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A Guest in My Own Coun­try: A Hun­gar­i­an Life
George Konrad; Jim Tucker, trans.; Michael Henry Heim, ed.
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Non­fic­tion
Fiorel­lo’s Sis­ter: Gem­ma Laguardia Gluck­’s Story
Rochelle G. Saidel, ed.
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The Zookeep­er’s Wife: A War Story
Diane Ack­er­man
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