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Nonfiction The Reckoning: Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land — A True Detective Story Patrick Bishop
Interview Interview: Yossi Klein Halevi Yossi Klein Halevi’s first book, Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist, was first published in 1995 and was reprinted in fall 2014. At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden:… Philip K. Jason January 13, 2015
Nonfiction Herzl’s Vision: Theodor Herzl and the Foundation of the Jewish State Shlomo Avineri; Haim Watzman, trans.
Essay The Boy with the Duffle Bag Earlier this week, Mike Kelly wrote about looking into the bombmaker who built the bomb that blew up a bus on Jaffa Road in 1996 and his journey from 9/11 to… Mike Kelly November 14, 2014
Essay The Eyes of the Bombmaker Earlier this week, Mike Kelly wrote about his journey from 9/11 to Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road. His newest book, The Bus on Jaffa Road: A Story of Middle East Terrorism… Mike Kelly November 12, 2014
Essay The Fight for Jewish Feminism in Israel Posted by Nat BernsteinMonday night, a group of Jewish students and professionals in their 20s gathered in the common room of the newly opened Moishe House of the… Nat Bernstein November 11, 2014
Nonfiction The Bus on Jaffa Road: A Story of Middle East Terrorism and the Search for Justice Mike Kelly
Interview Interview: Assaf Gavron by Beth KissileffAssaf Gavron is a writer and translator, and the American Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) Scholar at the University of Nebraska at Omaha… Beth Kissileff November 4, 2014
Interview Interview: Ruchama King Feuerman by Miriam Bradman AbrahamsRuchama King Feuerman’s latest novel, In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist, has been praised by the Wall Street Journal among many other… Miriam Bradman Abrahams October 29, 2014
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