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    While Israel Slept: How Hamas Sur­prised the Most Pow­er­ful Mil­i­tary in the Mid­dle East
    Yaakov Katz
    Amir Bohbot
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    No One Knows

    Jen­nifer Lang
    August 18, 2025
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    The Res­cue: Octo­ber 7 through the Eyes of Israel’s Para-Res­cue Commandos
    Guy M.
    Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    Red Alert: Find­ing the Light

    Car­o­line Gold­berg Igra
    July 21, 2025
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    On Democ­ra­cies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization
    Dou­glas Murray
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    A Prayer of Six Wings
    Owen Lewis
    Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    The Peo­ple vs. The Tyrants

    Tama­rah Touvian
    June 17, 2025
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    Visu­al Arts
    101 Trea­sures from the Nation­al Library of Israel
    Raquel Uke­les
    Hezi Ami­ur
    Yoel Finkel­man
    Ste­fan Litt
    Samuel Thrope
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    The Holy and the Bro­ken: A Cry for Israeli-Pales­tin­ian Peace from a Land That Must Be Shared
    Ittay Flesch­er
    Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    Wit­ness

    Robert Moss
    June 12, 2025
    Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    In Israel, Watch­ing the News

    Lori Levy
    May 19, 2025
    Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    I Did­n’t Want to Smile

    Mol­ly Ritvo
    May 5, 2025
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    Shi­va: Poems of Octo­ber 7
    Rachel Korazim, Michael Bohnen, Heather Silverman, eds.
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    On the Wings of Eagles
    Tami Lehman-Wilzig
    Alisha Mon­nin
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    Mrs. Lilien­blum’s Cloud Factory
    Iddo Gefen; Daniel­la Zamir, trans.
    Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

    The Poet in Cri­sis: Reflec­tions Upon Eli Shara­bi’s Testimony

    Lali Michaeli
    March 24, 2025
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