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Nonfiction State of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Unmaking of the Palestinian State Jonathan Schanzer
Essay Rabbi Gafni’s Revenge Earlier this week, Yuval Elizur examined religious political power in Israel and January’s elections and Lawrence Malkin discussed the tension between tradition and… Yuval Elizur March 15, 2013
Essay Follow the Talmud or a Jewish Sharia? Earlier this week, Yuval Elizur examined religious political power in Israel and January’s elections. Today, Lawrence Malkin discusses the tension between… Yuval Elizur March 13, 2013
Essay Religious Political Power in Israel Comes to a Halt Yuval Elizur and Lawrence Malkin are the co-authors of the new book The War Within: Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Threat to Democracy and the Nation. They will be blogging here… Yuval Elizur March 11, 2013
Nonfiction Designing Babies: How Technology is Changing the Ways We Create Children Robert Klitzman
Nonfiction Yes She Can: 10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House Taylor Lustig Noemie Levy Molly Dillon
Nonfiction Clear It With Sid!: Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service Michael Dorf George Van Dusen
Nonfiction The Method to the Madness: Donald Trump’s Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired – and Inaugurated Allen Salkin Aaron Short
Nonfiction Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny Dennis Ross David Makovsky
