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The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld
Nonfiction The Legend of Safed: Life and Fantasy in the City of Kabbalah Eli Yassif, Haim Watzman (trans.)
Essay—From the Journal Bodies, Borders, and Desire Three new novels set in Israel explore Jewish – Arab relationships. Ranen Omer-Sherman August 5, 2019
Nonfiction Primitive: Tapping the Primal Drive That Powers the World’s Most Successful People Marco Greenberg
Essay Doppelgänger: Or Aya and Me Ayelet Tsabari writes a “strange, unexpected postscript” to her essay “A Simple Girl,” excerpted in the 2019 issue of Paper Brigade. Ayelet Tsabari May 14, 2019
From the Journal A Simple Girl Growing up, Ayelet Tsabari grappled with Mizrahi stereotypes — and found inspiration in Ofra Haza, Israel’s iconic, Yemini singer. Ayelet Tsabari May 13, 2019
Essay Bringing Bling to the Bible Earlier this week, Beth Kissileff shared the experiences and conversations that inspired Reading Genesis, a collection of essays on the Hebrew Bible by experts… Beth Kissileff March 2, 2016
Nonfiction Violent Acts and Urban Space in Contemporary Tel Aviv Tali Hatuka; Diane E. Davis, fwd.