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Nonfiction The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control Abraham H. Foxman
Essay Songs of Hope and Failure On Monday, Chris Moriarty wrote about why she wrote The Inquisitor’s Apprentice. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.So the… Chris Moriarty November 30, 2011
Nonfiction Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present Michael B. Oren
Nonfiction Eisenhower 1956: The President’s Year of Crisis, Suez and the Brink of War David A. Nichols
Nonfiction Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East Dennis Ross David Makovsky
Essay A Sukkah Occupies Wall Street Last week, Rabbi Jill Jacobs wrote about Sukkot and social justice and asked discussed the importance of place. Her most recent book, Where Justice… Jill Jacobs October 18, 2011
Nonfiction An Uneasy Relationship: American Jewish Leadership and Israel, 1948 — 1957 Zvi Ganin
Nonfiction Peace is Possible: Conversations with Arab and Israeli Leaders from 1988 to the Present S. Daniel Abraham
Nonfiction The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership Yehuda Avner; Martin Gilbert, intro.