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    Interview

    Dig­ging Deep­er Into the New Anthol­o­gy Tel Aviv Noir

    by Beth KissileffThe anthol­o­gy Tel Aviv Noir is the newest in a series of noir crime books pub­lished by Akashic set in cities all over the world: Del­hi, Venice, Mex­i­co…
    Beth Kissileff
    October 27, 2014
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    The Down­fall of Abba Hil­lel Sil­ver and the Foun­da­tion of Israel
    Ofer Shiff
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    Nazis, Islamists, and the Mak­ing of the Mod­ern Mid­dle East
    Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
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    Jabotin­sky: A Life
    Hillel Halkin
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    The Yom Kip­pur War: Pol­i­tics, Diplo­ma­cy, Legacy
    Asaf Siniver
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    Inter­view: Yael Unterman

    by Beth KissileffOne Fri­day after­noon, Yael Unter­man donned her funki­est pair of stock­ings (“tights” to Amer­i­can Eng­lish speak­ers) and began her walk to syn­a­gogue in…
    Beth Kissileff
    September 18, 2014
    Interview

    Inter­view: Daniel Silva

    Elise Coop­er
    September 5, 2014
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    Con­flict­ed are the Peace­mak­ers: Israeli and Pales­tin­ian Mod­er­ates and the Death of Oslo
    Eric N. Budd
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    Rab­binic Cre­ativ­i­ty in the Mod­ern Mid­dle East
    Zvi Zohar
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    The Found­ing Fathers of Zionism
    Benzion Netanyahu
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    My New Mid­dle East: Inside the Israeli Conundrum
    Mati Milstein
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    Zion’s Dilem­mas: How Israel Makes Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Policy
    Charles D. Freilich
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    The Bride and the Dowry: Israel, Jor­dan and the Pales­tini­ans in the After­math of the June 1967 War
    Avi Raz
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    Iden­ti­ty, Place, and Sub­ver­sion in Con­tem­po­rary Mizrahi Cin­e­ma in Israel
    Yaron Shemer
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    Inter­view with Judith Frank

    Elise Coop­er recent­ly sat down with Judith Frank to dis­cuss her recent­ly pub­lished nov­el All I Love and Know.Elise Coop­er: Were there auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal parts…
    Elise Coop­er
    July 1, 2014
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    Alethea Gold & Luca Zordan
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