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Nonfiction The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France Ethan B. Katz
Excerpt “If you think Cairo’s any better, my dear, you’re mistaken.” Yitzhak Gormezano Goren August 12, 2015
Essay My Name is Yusha Josh Weil, author of the recently published The Great Glass Sea, is blogging here today for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.Any run-in with… Josh Weil July 8, 2014
Nonfiction Jews Under Moroccan Skies: Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life Raphael David Elmaleh and George Ricketts
Nonfiction From Couscous to Kasha: Reporting From the Field of Jewish Community Work Seymour Epstein
Nonfiction The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family’s Exodus From Old Cairo to the New World Lucette Lagnado
Nonfiction Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands Robert Satloff
Nonfiction The Jews of North Africa: From Dido to De Gaulle Sarah Taieb-Carlen; Amos Carlen, trans.
Nonfiction Arabs of the Jewish Faith: The Civilizing Mission in Colonial Algeria Joshua Schreiers
Essay The Stranger’s Notebook On Monday, Michael David Lukas shared a list of his top ten favorite Jews of all time. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Michael David Lukas February 16, 2011