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Recommended Reading The Best Books about Jerusalem from Memoir, Fiction, and the Bible Earlier this week, Chanan Tigay shared his 5 favorite books to re-read. With the release of The Lost Book of Moses: The Search for the World’s Oldest Bible, Chanan is… Chanan Tigay April 14, 2016
Essay It Isn’t Often You Come Across an Eighth-Generation Israeli Jew Sarit Yishai-Levi is the author of four non-fiction books and the bestselling novel The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem. Sarit is blogging here all week as part of the… Sarit Yishai-Levi April 4, 2016
Nonfiction Vladimir Jabotinsky’s Story of My Life Vladimir Jabotinsky; Brain Horowitz and Leonid Katsis, eds.
Essay The End Game Rabbi Sara Brandes is the author of Magical World: Stories, Reflections, Poems. Invited to weigh in on recent developments at the Kotel, the Western Wall of Jerusalem’s… Sara Brandes March 18, 2016
Essay Hijacking the Language of Holiness Alden Solovy is the author of Jewish Prayers of Hope and Healing , a book of original liturgy in Hebrew and English. In April 2015 he was brutally attacked… Alden Solovy March 17, 2016
Essay Kol Isha — A Voice for Every Woman Rabbi Sara Brandes is the author of Magical World: Stories, Reflections, Poems. Invited to weigh in on recent developments at the Kotel, the Western Wall of Jerusalem’s… Sara Brandes March 16, 2016
Essay Adding Walls to the Wall Rabbi Sara Brandes is the author of Magical World: Stories, Reflections, Poems. Invited to weigh in on recent developments at the Kotel, the Western Wall of Jerusalem’s… Sara Brandes March 14, 2016
Essay How Jerusalem Infiltrated My Fantasy Novel Ilana C. Myer is the author of the fantasy novel Last Song Before Night. She is blogging here all week as part of the Visiting Scribe series on The ProsenPeople.The cover… Ilana C. Myer February 29, 2016
Nonfiction No Mission Is Impossible: The Death-Defying Missions of the Israeli Special Forces Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal; Michael Bar-Zohar, Michael and Nathan Burstein, trans.
Fiction And So Is the Bus: Jerusalem Stories Yossel Birstein; Margaret Birstein, Hana Infar, and Robert Manaster, trans.
