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Cover of At Home in Exile: Why Diaspora is Good for the Jews
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At Home in Exile: Why Dias­po­ra is Good for the Jews
Alan Wolfe
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One Land, Two States: Israel and Pales­tine as Par­al­lel States
Mark Levine and Mathias Mossberg, ed.
Cover of The Israeli Mind: How the Israeli National Character Shapes Our World
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The Israeli Mind: How the Israeli Nation­al Char­ac­ter Shapes Our World
Alon Gratch
Cover of A Street Divided: Stories from Jerusalem's Alley of God
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A Street Divid­ed: Sto­ries from Jerusalem’s Alley of God
Dion Nis­senbaum
Cover of Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle For Israel, 1917-1947
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Anony­mous Sol­diers: The Strug­gle For Israel, 1917 – 1947
Bruce Hoff­man
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The Ambas­sadors: A Novel
George Lern­er
Cover of Let There Be Water: Israel's Solution for a Water-Starved World
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Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solu­tion for a Water-Starved World
Seth M. Siegel
Cover of Drawn from Water: An American Poet, an Ethiopian Family, an Israeli Story
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Drawn from Water: An Amer­i­can Poet, an Ethiopi­an Fam­i­ly, an Israeli Story
Dina Elen­bo­gen
Essay

Israeli Writ­ers Embrac­ing English

by Ranen Omer-Sher­manBooks Dis­cussed in This EssayThe Best Place on Earth: Sto­ries by Ayelet TsabariTalk­ing to the Ene­my by Avn­er MandelmanThe Peo­ple of For­ev­er Are…
Ranen Omer-Sher­man
May 19, 2015
Cover of Watch Out for Flying Kids!: How Two Circuses Two Countries and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community
Chil­dren’s
Watch Out for Fly­ing Kids!: How Two Cir­cus­es Two Coun­tries and Nine Kids Con­front Con­flict and Build Community
Cyn­thia Levinson
Cover of Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
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Killing a King: The Assas­si­na­tion of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remak­ing of Israel
Dan Ephron
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Sav­ing Sophie
Ronald H. Balson
Cover of An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda
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An Improb­a­ble Friend­ship: The Remark­able Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Pales­tin­ian Raymonda
Antho­ny David
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Yes, It’s Possible
Ehud Diskin
Cover of Days of Ticho: Empire, Mandate, Medicine, and Art in the Holy Land
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Days of Ticho: Empire, Man­date, Med­i­cine, and Art in the Holy Land
David Rei­fler
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Madame Ambas­sador: Behind the Scenes with a Can­did Israeli Diplomat
Tova Herzl
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