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Book Cov­er of the Week: The Bus Dri­ver Who Want­ed to Be God

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinFour­teen years after its orig­i­nal pub­li­ca­tion in Eng­lish trans­la­tion, Etgar Keret’s sem­i­nal col­lec­tion of short sto­ries was reis­sued…
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Inter­view: Michael Oren

by Yos­si Klein HaleviMichael Oren is the author of three New York Times best­sellers, includ­ing his lat­est book, Ally: My Jour­ney Across the Amer­i­ca-Israeli Divide, an…
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The Morn­ing of Yitzhak Rabin’s Assas­si­na­tion: A Prologue

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No Fear on Israeli Soil

Michael Gold­ing is the author of the nov­els Sim­ple Prayers, Benjamin’s Gift, and A Poet of the Invis­i­ble World, now out from Pic­a­dor. He will be blog­ging here all…
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Inter­view: Dina Elenbogen

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The Sound of Our Steps
Ronit Matalon; Dalya Bilu, trans.
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Alexan­dri­an Summer
Yitzhak Gormezano Goren; Yardenne Greenspan, trans.
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Israel Then and Now: Tel Aviv, Secu­ri­ty, and the Kibbutz

Jes­samyn Hope
August 5, 2015
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Israel Then and Now: 6 Big Changes Since 1994 (Part I)

Jes­samyn Hope is the author of Safe­keep­ing, which has received crit­i­cal acclaim from The Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail, and Tablet Mag­a­zine. She will be blog­ging…
Jes­samyn Hope
August 3, 2015
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The Path to Geneva
Yossi Bellin
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Israeli Fem­i­nist Schol­ar­ship: Gen­der, Zion­ism, and Difference
Esther Fuchs
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