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    Cover of About the Night
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    About the Night
    Anat Talshir; Evan Fallenberg, trans.
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    Fic­tion
    The Extra
    A.B. Yehoshua; Stuart Schoffman, trans.
    Cover of Israel: Stories of Conflict and Resolution, Love and Death
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    Israel: Sto­ries of Con­flict and Res­o­lu­tion, Love and Death
    Gil Zohar
    Cover of The Colors of Israel
    Chil­dren’s
    The Col­ors of Israel
    Rachel Raz
    Cover of Working Together: Economy, Technology, and Careers in Israel
    Chil­dren’s
    Work­ing Togeth­er: Econ­o­my, Tech­nol­o­gy, and Careers in Israel
    Elisa Silverman
    Essay

    Break­ing the Self-Imposed Silence

    Dorit Sas­son is the author of Acci­den­tal Sol­dier: A Mem­oir of Ser­vice in the Israel Defense Forces. She is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as…
    Dorit Sas­son
    June 20, 2016
    Essay

    Why the Time Has Final­ly Come to Talk about Sta­bi­liz­ing Israel’s Population

    Ear­li­er this week, The Land Is Full author Alon Tal explained why Israel’s stun­ning pop­u­la­tion growth is no cause for cel­e­bra­tion. He is guest blog­ging here all week as…
    Alon Tal
    May 18, 2016
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    The Angel: The Egypt­ian Spy Who Saved Israel
    Uri Bar-Joseph
    Essay

    Israel’s Extra­or­di­nary Pop­u­la­tion Growth Is No Cause for Celebration

    Found­ing direc­to­ry of the Israel Union for Envi­ron­men­tal Defense Alon Tal​’s lat­est book, The Land Is Full, address­es the prob­lems of over­pop­u­la­tion in Israel. He is…
    Alon Tal
    May 16, 2016
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    Israel: A Con­cise His­to­ry of a Nation Reborn
    Daniel Gordis
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    Here I Am: A Novel
    Jonathan Safran Foer
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    Israel Eats
    Steven Roth­feld
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    Non­fic­tion
    Acci­den­tal Soldier
    Dorit Sas­son
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    Fic­tion
    Ques­tion­ing Return
    Beth Kissileff
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    Israel’s Edge
    Jason Gewirtz
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    Non­fic­tion
    The Land Is Full
    Alon Tal
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