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Nonfiction The Gatekeepers: Inside Israel’s Internal Security Agency Dror Moreh; Yael Schonfeld Abel, trans.; Dennis Ross, preface
Nonfiction Jewish Honor Courts: Revenge, Retribution, and Reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust Laura Jockusch and Gabriel N. Finder, eds.
Essay A Palace of the Arts Arising from the Ruins My father was a businessman in Cleveland, Ohio. He and I loved each other deeply, even if we didn’t see eye-to-eye on so many things. Here is a typical… Evan Fallenberg December 22, 2015
Nonfiction Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict John B. Judis
Essay Israel, A Story of Survival Earlier this week, Eric Gartman posited how and why history can and should be both informational and interesting. He is blogging here all week as part of the… Eric Gartman November 11, 2015
Essay Israeli Fare: A Multitudinous Cuisine Earlier this week, Falafel Nation author Yael Raviv questioned whether a shared cuisine can really bring about peace. She is blogging here all week as part of the… Yael Raviv November 4, 2015
Essay Can Peace Really Be Achieved Through a Shared Cuisine? Yael Raviv is the author of Falafel Nation: Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel. She will be blogging here all week as part of the Visiting Scribe… Yael Raviv November 2, 2015
Recommended Reading 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… Nat Bernstein October 29, 2015
Nonfiction Israeli Life and Leisure in the 21st Century Michaell J. Leitner & Sara F. Leitner, eds.
