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    Cover of I Am Not a Spy: An American Jew Goes Deep in the Arab World & Israeli Army
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    I Am Not a Spy: An Amer­i­can Jew Goes Deep in the Arab World & Israeli Army
    Michael Bassin
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    Touch­ing on Place: Archi­tec­tur­al Ele­ments in Israel
    Chaim Beza­lel
    Yon­nah Ben Levy
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    The Frag­ile Dia­logue: New Voic­es of Lib­er­al Zionism
    Stan­ley M. Davids
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    Dis­armed: Uncon­ven­tion­al Lessons from the World’s Only One-Armed Spe­cial Forces Sharpshooter
    Izzy Eza­gui
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    This Nar­row Space: A Pedi­atric Oncol­o­gist, His Jew­ish, Mus­lim, and Chris­t­ian Patients, and a Hos­pi­tal in Jerusalem
    Elisha Wald­man
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    Inter­view: Moriel Rothman-Zecher

    Ranen Omer-Sher­man
    March 20, 2018
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    A Queen in Jerusalem
    Tami Shem-Tov and Rachella Sandbank; Avi Ofer, illus.
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    Sad­ness Is a White Bird
    Moriel Roth­man-Zech­er
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    Inter­view: Eshkol Nevo

    Ranen Omer-Sher­man
    January 16, 2018
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    Seek­ing Asy­lum in Israel: Refugees and the His­to­ry of Migra­tion Law
    Gilad Ben-Nun
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    Amichai’s Jerusalem

    The best guide to this strange place called Jerusalem might be Yehu­da Amichai, a poet whose work seems per­ma­nent­ly sus­pend­ed between the sec­u­lar and sacred.

    Ari Hoff­man
    December 18, 2017
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    Excerpt: The Miss­ing Fam­i­ly Jewels

    Gil Hov­av
    December 15, 2017
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    Cater­pil­lar Yom Kip­pur (Jew­ish Nature)
    Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod
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    30 Days, 30 Authors: Haim Watzman

    Haim Watz­man
    December 3, 2017
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    30 Days, 30 Authors: Gil Hovav

    Gil Hov­av
    November 28, 2017
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    30 Days, 30 Authors: Yaakov Katz

    Yaakov Katz
    November 26, 2017
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