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Nonfiction Israel’s Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945 – 1949 Jeffrey Herf
Essay ‘Who Murdered Arlosoroff?’: Examining an Unsolved 1933 Killing in Palestine Jonathan Wilson February 13, 2023
Essay The First Story I Ever Stole Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s novel One Night, Markovitch won the 2013 Sapir Prize for debut fiction; this week she releases Waking Lions, which recently received the 2017 Jewish… Ayelet Gundar-Goshen February 27, 2017
Nonfiction An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Anthony David
Nonfiction The Bride and the Dowry: Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War Avi Raz
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Nina S. Spiegel Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterSo far, we’ve heard our Sami Rohr Prize finalists discuss high school, future grandchildren, writing thank you notes, and archival… Naomi Firestone-Teeter November 1, 2013
Nonfiction State of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Unmaking of the Palestinian State Jonathan Schanzer
Nonfiction Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine Nina S. Spiegel
Nonfiction A Strange Death: A Story Originating in Espionage, Betrayal, and Vengeance in a Village in Old Palestine Hillel Halkin