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Israel

Cover of Dreams Deferred
Non­fic­tion
Dreams Deferred
Cary Nelson, ed.
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Non­fic­tion
A Home for All Jews
Orit Rozin; Haim Watzman, trans.
Essay

My Grand­fa­ther’s Ghost

Ear­li­er this week, Nava Semel wrote about cre­at­ing an alter­na­tive Jew­ish his­to­ry for her nov­el Isra-Isle. Nava is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week…
Nava Semel
November 16, 2016
Essay

Play­ing with His­to­ry Like a Deck of Cards

Nava Semel is an Israeli writer, trans­la­tor, and cre­ative writ­ing instruc­tor. With the release of her new book, Isra-Isle, ear­li­er this month from Man­del Vilar Press,…
Nava Semel
November 14, 2016
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Non­fic­tion
The Resistible Rise of Ben­jamin Netanyahu
Neill Lochery
Essay

The Pitch Process

Ear­li­er this week, Miri­am Libic­ki wrote about the artis­tic process and pro­gres­sion in her most recent col­lec­tion of graph­ic essays, Toward a Hot Jew, which will be…
Miri­am Libicki
October 21, 2016
Essay

Miri­am Libick­i’s Artis­tic Progression

Miri­am Libic­ki is a com­ic book author and artist whose most recent col­lec­tion of graph­ic essays, Toward a Hot Jew, will be fea­tured in Jew­ish Book Council’s…
Miri­am Libicki
October 20, 2016
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Fic­tion
A Room
Youval Shimoni; Michael Sharp, trans.
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Fic­tion
Two She-Bears
Meir Shalev
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Fic­tion
Judas
Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange, trans.
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We Were the Future: A Mem­oir of the Kibbutz
Yael Neeman; Son­dra Sil­ver­ston, trans.
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Non­fic­tion
Israel and the Arab World
Gil Zohar
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Non­fic­tion
I Am Israeli: The Chil­dren Of Israel
Eva L. Weiss
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Chil­dren’s
Return­ing Home: Jour­neys To Israel
Elisa Silverman
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Non­fic­tion
Cul­ture, Cus­toms and Cel­e­bra­tions in Israel
Gil Zohar
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Chil­dren’s
Israel: Holy Land To Many
Gil Zohar
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