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The Refugee in Fic­tion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Jen­ny Erpen­beck and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Bec­ca Kantor
November 18, 2019
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Chil­dren’s
Daniel and Ismail 
Juan Pablo Iglesias (auth.), Alex Peris (illus.), Ilan Stavans (trans.)
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Fic­tion
Port­land Zion­ists Unite!: And Oth­er Stories
Eric Flamm
Essay

A Peek Inside The Chutz­pah Principles

Inbal Arieli
November 4, 2019
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The Lions’ Den: Zion­ism and the Left from Han­nah Arendt to Noam Chomsky
Susie Lin­field
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Non­fic­tion
Shad­ow Strike: Inside Israel’s Secret Mis­sion to Elim­i­nate Syr­i­an Nuclear Power
Yaakov Katz
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Chil­dren’s
In the Jerusalem Forest 
Devora Busheri (auth.), Noa Kelner (illus.)
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Chil­dren’s
Shim­ri’s Big Idea
Elka Weber (auth.), Inbal Gigi Bousidan (illus.)
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And the Bride Closed the Door
Ronit Matalon; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Law and the Arab-Israeli Con­flict: The Tri­als of Palestine
Steven E. Zipperstein
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Hebrew Roots, Jew­ish Routes: A Trib­al Lan­guage In A Glob­al World
Jere­my Benstein
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Grow­ing Up Below Sea Lev­el: A Kib­butz Childhood
Rachel Biale
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Fic­tion
Hip Set
Michael Fer­tik
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Liv­ing in Heav­en Cop­ing with Hell
Clif­ford Sobin
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The Con­flict over the Con­flict: The Israel/​Palestine Cam­pus Debate
Ken­neth S. Stern
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The Unstop­pable Start­up: Mas­ter­ing Israel’s Secret Rules of Chutzpah
Uri Adoni
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