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Israel

Cover of Intermission: How Fervor, Frienships and Faith Took Me to the Second Act
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Inter­mis­sion: How Fer­vor, Frien­ships and Faith Took Me to the Sec­ond Act
Mindie Bar­nett
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Count to a Thousand
Car­o­line Gold­berg Igra
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The Siege of Tel Aviv
Hesh Kestin
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Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Impor­tant Lead­ers Shaped Its Destiny
Den­nis Ross
David Makovsky
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Reread­ing Israel: The Spir­it of the Matter
Bonna Devora Haberman
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Israel: A History
Anita Shapira
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Hadas­sah: Amer­i­can Women Zion­ists and the Rebirth of Israel
Mira Katzburg-Yungman
Recommended Reading

Book Cov­er of the Week: Jersusalem

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterFans of Yotam Ottolength­i’s cook­book Plen­ty will be pleased to know that his newest cook­book, Jerusalem, writ­ten with busi­ness…
Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
November 27, 2012
Essay

The Oth­er

Ear­li­er this week, Tehi­la Lieber­man wrote about cross­ing the bor­ders of rad­i­cal­ly diver­gent worlds and two of the short sto­ries from her col­lec­tion Venus in the…
Tehi­la Lieberman
November 21, 2012
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Israel Mat­ters
Mitchell Bard
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Wimps

Ear­li­er this week, Haim Watz­man wrote about how to suc­ceed in acad­e­mia with­out doing any research and Super Tues­day. He has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish…
Haim Watz­man
November 9, 2012
Interview

JBW talks with Ambas­sador Stu­art Eizenstat

JBC review­er Jeff Bogursky talks with the for­mer Ambas­sador to the EU about Israel, Jew­ish con­ti­nu­ity, and the role being Jew­ish has played in his career as…
Jeff Bogursky
November 5, 2012
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Frat­ri­cide in the Holy Land: A Psy­cho­an­a­lyt­i­cal View of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Avner Falk
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In the Begin­ning: A Short His­to­ry of the Hebrew Language
Joel M. Hoffman
Cover of Cain's Field: Faith, Fratricide and Fear in the Middle East
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Cain’s Field: Faith, Frat­ri­cide and Fear in the Mid­dle East
Matt Rees
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The Dias­po­ra and the Lost Tribes of Israel
Amotz Asa-El
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