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Essay Israel Then and Now: 6 Big Changes Since 1994 (Part I) Jessamyn Hope is the author of Safekeeping, which has received critical acclaim from The Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail, and Tablet Magazine. She will be blogging… Jessamyn Hope August 3, 2015
Essay Street-Corner Sociology in South Williamsburg Earlier this week, John Benditt pondered whether or not Proust was Jewish and wrote about identity and writing. The Boatmaker is his debut novel. He has been blogging… John Benditt July 24, 2015
Essay Radical Islamism’s War Against the Jews: Who Cares? (Part 2) In part one of “Radical Islamism’s War Against the Jews: Who Cares?” Michael C. Kotzin wrote about radical Islam and the Jewish community. Today read part two of this… Michael C. Kotzin May 6, 2015
Essay Radical Islamism’s War Against the Jews: Who Cares? (Part 1) Michael C. Kotzin is a longtime Jewish communal professional and former professor of English Literature at Tel Aviv University. He has been an executive… Michael C. Kotzin May 4, 2015
Essay Communicating the Beauty Earlier this week, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall wrote about how on how pluralism strengthens Judaism and shared the backstory behind her newest book, The Myth of the… Roberta Rosenthal Kwall March 20, 2015
Interview Interview: Liad Shoham by Elise CooperJewish Book Council recently spoke with Liad Shoham about his new book, Asylum City.Elise Cooper: I didn’t know Israel has an illegal… Elise Cooper January 20, 2015
Essay World Zionism and Paris’s Personal and Political Patterns Roger Cohen is a columnist for The New York Times, where he has worked since 1990: as a correspondent in Paris and Berlin, and as bureau chief in the Balkans… Roger Cohen January 19, 2015
Essay The Fight for Jewish Feminism in Israel Posted by Nat BernsteinMonday night, a group of Jewish students and professionals in their 20s gathered in the common room of the newly opened Moishe House of the… Nat Bernstein November 11, 2014
Nonfiction The Just Market: Torah’s Response to the Crisis of the Modern Economy Jonathan Brandow
Nonfiction Viral Hate: Containing Its Spread on the Internet Abraham H. Foxman & Christopher Wolf
Nonfiction The War Within: Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Threat to Democracy and the Nation Yuval Elizur and Lawrence Malkin
Nonfiction Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington’s Scandal Culture Mark Feldstein
