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    A Path to Jew­ish Survival
    Richard B. Stanger
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    A Tourist From Petach Tik­va: Grow­ing Up Along­side the Cre­ation of the State of Israel
    Aubrey Kagan
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    Omri Ginzburg
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    John L. Rosove
    Cover of Streams of Shattered Consciousness: A Chronicle of the First 50 Days of the Israel-Hamas War
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    David-Seth Kir­sh­n­er
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    Deb­o­rah E. Lipstadt
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    The Lost Spy and the Green Dress
    Alex Paz-Gold­man
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    Ruth Marks Eglash
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    Stand-Up Nation: Israeli Resilience in the Wake of Disaster
    Avi­va Klompas
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    Amos Oz: The Lega­cy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond
    Ranen Omer-Sher­man
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    Inside Infor­ma­tion
    Eshkol Nevo; Sondra Silverston, trans.
    Cover of The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul
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    The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel’s Bat­tle for Its Inner Soul
    Isabel Ker­sh­n­er
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    Ethics of Our Fight­ers: A Jew­ish View on War and Morality
    Shlo­mo M. Brody
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    The Arc of a Covenant: The Unit­ed States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jew­ish People
    Wal­ter Rus­sell Mead
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    Holy Rebel­lion: Reli­gious Fem­i­nism and the Trans­for­ma­tion of Judaism and Wom­en’s Rights in Israel
    Ronit Irsahi and Tanya Zion-Waldoks
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    Impos­si­ble Takes Longer: 75 Years After Its Cre­ation, Has Israel Ful­filled Its Founders’ Dreams?

    Daniel Gordis
    April 24, 2023
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