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Israel

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Frag­ments from Here or the Before and the After: Octo­ber to Novem­ber 2023, Tel Aviv

Dara Bar­nat
February 15, 2024
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Love Song

Ami­ram Cooper, David Arkin
February 9, 2024
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Car­ing for the Dead Dur­ing War

Diana Blet­ter
February 6, 2024
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Pales­tine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Mid­dle East Conflict
Oren Kessler
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

The Oth­er Side of the Rain

Havi­va Ner-David
January 30, 2024
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Sewing Machine

Shoshana Vegh
January 26, 2024
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Slow­ing It Down, Mak­ing It Up

Leon Wiener Dow
January 18, 2024
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Name­less

Tama­rah Touvian
January 15, 2024
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Chil­dren’s
Bare­foot in the Sand
Havvah Deevon; Rotem Teplow, illus.; Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann, trans.
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Shel­ter Tales

Car­o­line Gold­berg Igra
December 28, 2023
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Dias­poric Nostalgia

Gili Haimovich
December 25, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

A Think­ing Heart in This Wak­ing Nightmare

Havi­va Ner-David
December 19, 2023
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The Genius of Israel: The Sur­pris­ing Resilience of a Divid­ed Nation in a Tur­bu­lent World
Dan Senor
Saul Singer
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

No AI Can Replace Yocheved Lifshitz

Lali Michaeli
December 11, 2023
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Kislev, on the Way to Hebron

Eli­az Cohen, Lar­ry Barak
December 8, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

How My Town Has Changed

Jonathan Dun­sky
December 6, 2023
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