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    The Path to Geneva
    Yossi Bellin
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    Social Con­cern and Left Pol­i­tics in Jew­ish Amer­i­can Art

    Matthew Baigell is Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus in the Depart­ment of Art His­to­ry at Rut­gers Uni­ver­si­ty. He is the author of numer­ous books, includ­ing Amer­i­can Artists,…
    Matthew Baigell
    June 29, 2015
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    The Polit­i­cal Psy­chol­o­gy of Israeli Prime Min­is­ters: When Hard Lin­ers Opt For Peace
    Yael S. Aronoff
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    Frank: A Life in Pol­i­tics from the Great Soci­ety to Same-Sex Marriage
    Barney Frank
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    The Age of Clin­ton: Amer­i­ca in the 1990s
    Gil Troy
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    Then Comes Mar­riage: Unit­ed States v. Wind­sor and the Defeat of DOMA
    Rober­ta Kaplan
    Interview

    Inter­view: Jonathan D. Sarna

    Lin­coln and the Jews: A His­to­ry by Jonathan D. Sar­na and Ben­jamin Shapell chron­i­cles the extra­or­di­nary rela­tion­ship between Pres­i­dent Abra­ham Lin­coln and…
    Elise Coop­er
    May 19, 2015
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    1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR-Two Tales of Pol­i­tics Betray­al and Unlike­ly Destiny
    David Pietrusza
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    Madame Ambas­sador: Behind the Scenes with a Can­did Israeli Diplomat
    Tova Herzl
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    The Euro­pean Union, Anti­semitism, and Holo­caust Denial
    R. Amy Elman
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    Social Con­cern and Left Pol­i­tics in Jew­ish Amer­i­can Art, 1880 – 1940
    Matthew Baigell
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    The Dev­ils’ Alliance: Hitler’s Pact with Stal­in, 1939 – 1941
    Roger Moorhouse
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    Ben-Guri­on: Father of Mod­ern Israel
    Anita Shapira; Anthony Berris, trans.
    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
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    Thir­teen Days in Sep­tem­ber: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
    Lawrence Wright
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    Amer­i­can Jew­ish Polit­i­cal Cul­ture and the Lib­er­al Persuasion
    Henry L. Feingold
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