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    Can a Police­man be an Israeli Hero?

    Today on the Vis­it­ing Scribe, D. A. Mis­hani con­tin­ues with his series ​“The Mys­tery of the Hebrew Detec­tive,” where he has been inves­ti­gat­ing why it’s so dif­fi­cult to…
    D. A. Mishani
    May 30, 2013
    Essay

    When 50 Hap­pens to Good Peo­ple: Part Two

    Actress, author, and activist Annabelle Gur­witch is the author of two books—You Say Toma­to, I Say Shut Up and Fired!—and the e‑book sin­gle Autumn Leaves (avail­able…
    Annabelle Gur­witch
    May 30, 2013
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    Detec­tive Fic­tion and the Zion­ist Cul­tur­al Revolution

    Today on the Vis­it­ing Scribe, D. A. Mis­hani con­tin­ues with his series ​“The Mys­tery of the Hebrew Detec­tive,” where he has been inves­ti­gat­ing why it’s so…
    D. A. Mishani
    May 29, 2013
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    A Tale of Two Cities: From Lon­don to New York

    We prompt­ed this year’s Sami Rohr Prize awardees to write about ​“how they came to write their book.” Over the past sev­er­al weeks, we shared their respons­es:Dig­ging Deep…
    Francesca Segal
    May 29, 2013
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    When 50 Hap­pens to Good Peo­ple: Part One

    Actress, author, and activist Annabelle Gur­witch is the author of two books—You Say Toma­to, I Say Shut Up and Fired!—and the e‑book sin­gle Autumn Leaves (avail­able from…
    Annabelle Gur­witch
    May 28, 2013
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    The Mys­tery of the Hebrew Detec­tive: The Inves­ti­ga­tion Begins

    Yes­ter­day, D. A. Mis­hani won­dered why it’s so dif­fi­cult to write a detec­tive in Hebrew. His first detec­tive nov­el, The Miss­ing File, was pub­lished by…
    D. A. Mishani
    May 28, 2013
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