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Shimri’s Big Idea

Elka Weber (auth.), Inbal Gigi Bousidan (illus.)

And the Bride Closed the Door

Ronit Matalon (auth.), Jessica Cohen (trans.)

We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel

Essay

A Jewish-Palestinian Children’s Book: How Daniel and Ismail Came to Be

Ilan Stavans

August 12, 2019

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

Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth

The Art of Leaving: A Memoir

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

Holy Lands

The Way Back

Jonnie Schnytzer

A Spy in Exile: A Thriller

Jonathan de Shalit

The Woman Who Fought An Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring

Gregory Joseph Wallance

Israel’s Long War with Hezbollah: Military Innovation and Adaptation Under Fire

Raphael D. Marcus

Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel

Matti Friedman Winner of the 2018 Natan Book Award

The Truth About Leaving