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Politics

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Con­fes­sions of an Inno­cent Man: A Novel
David Dow
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Non­fic­tion
Trou­bled Water: What’s Wrong with What We Drink
Seth M. Siegel
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Hack­ing Dar­win: Genet­ic Engi­neer­ing and the Future of Humanity
Jamie Met­zl
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Sarah Schenir­er and the Bais Yaakov Movement
Naomi Seidman
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Fic­tion
Amer­i­can Judas
Mick­ey Dubrow
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Lost and Found in Spain: Tales of An Ambas­sador’s Wife
Susan Solomont
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The Ques­tion is ​“Why?”: Stan­ford M. Adel­stein, a Jew­ish Life in South Dakota
Eric Steven Zimmer; Stanford M. Adelstein, preface
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Heav­en on Earth: The Rise, Fall, and After­life of Socialism
Joshua Muravchik
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Glob­al Health Impacts of Nan­otech­nol­o­gy Law: A Tool for Stake­hold­er Engagement 
Ilise Feit­shans
Essay

What Is Fair Taxation?

Yes­ter­day Rab­bi Shmu­ly Yan­klowitz wrote about Hur­ri­cane Sandy, FEMA, and the Need for Big Gov­ern­ment. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil…
Shmu­ly Yanklowitz
December 11, 2012
Essay

Hur­ri­cane Sandy, FEMA, and the Need for Big Government

Rab­bi Shmu­ly Yan­klowitz is the Founder and Pres­i­dent of Uri L’Tzedek, the Senior Rab­bi at Kehi­lath Israel, and is the author of Jew­ish Ethics & Social Jus­tice:…
Shmu­ly Yanklowitz
December 10, 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
Essay

Super Tues­day

Haim Watz­man is a Jerusalem-based writer, jour­nal­ist, and trans­la­tor. He is the author of Com­pa­ny C: An American’s Life as a Cit­i­zen-Sol­dier in Israel and…
Haim Watz­man
November 5, 2012
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The Case for Democ­ra­cy: The Pow­er of Free­dom to Over­come Tyran­ny and Terror
Natan Sharansky; Ron Dermer
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Amer­i­can Pres­i­dents, Reli­gion and Israel
Paul Charles Merkley
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Arrows in the Dark: David Ben-Guri­on, the Yishuv Lead­er­ship, and Res­cue Attempts Dur­ing the Holocaust
Tuvia Friling; Ora Cummings, trans
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