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Israeli Fem­i­nist Schol­ar­ship: Gen­der, Zion­ism, and Difference
Esther Fuchs
Interview

Inter­view: Etgar Keret

by Bec­ca KantorIsraeli author Etgar Keret is inter­na­tion­al­ly known for his short sto­ries, graph­ic nov­els, and screen­plays. His lat­est book, The Sev­en Good Years, is his…
Bec­ca Kantor
June 24, 2015
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The Sev­en Good Years
Etgar Keret; Silverston, Shlesinger, Cohen, and Berris, trans.
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A Tem­ple in Flames: The Epic Sto­ry of the Final Bat­tle for Jerusalem
Gershon Bar-Cochva & Ahron Horovitz
Essay

Read­ing Tanakh with Christians

Ear­li­er this week, Julie Baretz wrote about why she decid­ed to make aliyah. Her book, The Bible on Loca­tion: Off the Beat­en Path in Ancient and Mod­ern Israel, is now…
Julie Baretz
June 10, 2015
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The Bible on Loca­tion: Off the Beat­en Path in Ancient and Mod­ern Israel
Julie Baretz
Essay

Organ­ic Zionism

Julie Baretz received her license from the Israel Gov­ern­ment Tour Guides train­ing pro­gram in 1987. Since then she has guid­ed thou­sands of Jew­ish and Chris­t­ian vis­i­tors…
Julie Baretz
June 8, 2015
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Hare and Tor­toise Race Across Israel
Laura Gehl; Sarah Goodreau, illus.
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Jodie’s Shab­bat Surprise
Anna Levine; Ksenia Topaz, illus.
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The Polit­i­cal Psy­chol­o­gy of Israeli Prime Min­is­ters: When Hard Lin­ers Opt For Peace
Yael S. Aronoff
Essay

“Sec­ond-Gen­er­a­tion” Forever

Talia Carn­er​’s fourth nov­el, Hotel Moscow, was just released by Harper­Collins. It is the sto­ry of an Amer­i­can woman who trav­els to Rus­sia short­ly after the fall of…
Talia Carn­er
June 1, 2015
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3 Falafels in My Pita
Maya Friedman; Steve Mack, illus.
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At Home in Exile: Why Dias­po­ra is Good for the Jews
Alan Wolfe
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One Land, Two States: Israel and Pales­tine as Par­al­lel States
Mark Levine and Mathias Mossberg, ed.
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The Israeli Mind: How the Israeli Nation­al Char­ac­ter Shapes Our World
Alon Gratch
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Killing a King: The Assas­si­na­tion of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remak­ing of Israel
Dan Ephron
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