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Essay A Jewish-Palestinian Children’s Book: How Daniel and Ismail Came to Be Ilan Stavans August 12, 2019
Essay—From the Journal Bodies, Borders, and Desire Three new novels set in Israel explore Jewish – Arab relationships. Ranen Omer-Sherman August 5, 2019
Nonfiction The Legend of Safed: Life and Fantasy in the City of Kabbalah Eli Yassif, Haim Watzman (trans.)
Essay Doppelgänger: Or Aya and Me Ayelet Tsabari writes a “strange, unexpected postscript” to her essay “A Simple Girl,” excerpted in the 2019 issue of Paper Brigade. Ayelet Tsabari May 14, 2019
From the Journal A Simple Girl Growing up, Ayelet Tsabari grappled with Mizrahi stereotypes — and found inspiration in Ofra Haza, Israel’s iconic, Yemini singer. Ayelet Tsabari May 13, 2019
