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The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld
Essay An Arrogant Revolution Lucette Lagnado’s most recent book, The Arrogant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn, is now available. Lucette won the 2008 Sami… Lucette Lagnado September 21, 2011
Essay Mourning My Arab Spring Lucette Lagnado’s most recent book, The Arrogant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn, is now available. Lucette won the 2008 Sami Rohr… Lucette Lagnado September 19, 2011
Nonfiction American Jewry’s Comfort Level: Present and Future Manfred Gerstenfeld and Steven Bayme, eds.
Nonfiction Muting Israeli Democracy: How Media and Cultural Policy Undermine Free Expression Amit M. Schejter
Nonfiction Transforming America’s Israel Lobby: The Limits of its Power and the Potential for Change Dan Fleshler
Nonfiction National Minority, Regional Majority: Palestinian Arabs Versus Jews in Israel Yitzhak Reiter
Nonfiction Kill Khalid: The Failed Mossad Assassination of Khalid Mishal and the Rise of Hamas Paul McGeough
Essay Making Kosher Food Is an All-Night Affair Earlier this week, Sue Fishkoff wrote about watching a goat slaughtered and people who only keep kosher on holidays. She is the author… Sue Fishkoff November 5, 2010
Essay Getting Close to Your Food is Harder When Meat is Involved On Monday, Sue Fishkoff wrote about people who only keep kosher on holidays. She is the author of Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America’s Food… Sue Fishkoff November 3, 2010
Recommended Reading Presidents and Jews Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe New York Times posted an article yesterday on an upcoming title from Indiana University Press called Refugees and… Naomi Firestone-Teeter May 1, 2009