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Israel

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Octo­ber 7: A Jour­ney of Safe­ty, Faith, and Care in Our Daughter’s Jew­ish Group Home

Vick­ie Rubin
July 22, 2024
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Chil­dren’s
A Boy from Baghdad
Miri­am Halahmy
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Fic­tion
Dis­placed Per­sons: Stories
Joan Lee­gant
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The Thresh­old of Dis­sent: A His­to­ry of Amer­i­can Jew­ish Crit­ics of Zionism
Mar­jorie N. Feld
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Yel­low

Liza Libes
July 8, 2024
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Chaim Weiz­mann: A Biography
Jehuda Reinharz and Motti Golani; Haim Watzman, trans.
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

The Trou­ble with Evil

Evonne Mar­zouk
July 2, 2024
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Israel’s Black Pan­thers: The Rad­i­cals Who Punc­tured a Nation’s Found­ing Myth
Asaf Elia-Shalev
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Non­fic­tion
Israel/​Palestine in World Reli­gions: Whose Promised Land?
S. Ilan Troen
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Non­fic­tion
My Hijack­ing: A Per­son­al His­to­ry of For­get­ting and Remembering
Martha Hodes
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

But How Are You Managing?

Joan Lee­gant
June 3, 2024
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New Israeli Hor­ror: Local Cin­e­ma, Glob­al Genre
Olga Ger­shen­son
Essay

Authors and Intel­li­gence Offi­cers: What One Pro­fes­sion Taught Me About the Other

Yariv Inbar
May 20, 2024
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

April, 2024

Har­ri­et Shenkman
May 16, 2024
Essay

Con­text and Chal­lenge: Whose Promised Land?

S. Ilan Troen
May 13, 2024
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

How to Plant

Tama­rah Touvian
May 13, 2024
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