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Items with the tag:

israel

Essay

My UFOs

Rebec­ca Klempner
July 24, 2023
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Non­fic­tion
Stand-Up Nation: Israeli Resilience in the Wake of Disaster
Avi­va Klompas
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Non­fic­tion
Amos Oz: The Lega­cy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond
Ranen Omer-Sher­man
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Announc­ing the Natan Notable Books Spring 2023 Winner

JBC Staff
July 5, 2023
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Non­fic­tion
My Left Skate
Anna Ros­ner
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Fic­tion
Inside Infor­ma­tion
Eshkol Nevo; Sondra Silverston, trans.
Cover of Ethics of Our Fighters: A Jewish View on War and Morality
Non­fic­tion
Ethics of Our Fight­ers: A Jew­ish View on War and Morality
Shlo­mo M. Brody
Cover of Holy Rebellion: Religious Feminism and the Transformation of Judaism and Women's Rights in Israel
Non­fic­tion
Holy Rebel­lion: Reli­gious Fem­i­nism and the Trans­for­ma­tion of Judaism and Wom­en’s Rights in Israel
Ronit Irsahi and Tanya Zion-Waldoks
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Non­fic­tion
Elie Wiesel: Con­fronting the Silence
Joseph Berg­er
Essay

The Rel­e­vance of Ruth to Shavuot

Ilana Pardes
May 19, 2023
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Fic­tion
Lemons in the Fog
Chaya Rochel Zimmerman
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Fic­tion
The Salt Line
Youval Shimoni; Michael Sharp, trans;
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Non­fic­tion
Kreisky, Israel and Jew­ish Identity
Daniel Aschheim
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Non­fic­tion
Israel’s Dec­la­ra­tion of Inde­pen­dence: The His­to­ry and Polit­i­cal The­o­ry of the Nation’s Found­ing Moment
Neil Rogachevsky, Dov Zigler
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Impos­si­ble Takes Longer: 75 Years After Its Cre­ation, Has Israel Ful­filled Its Founders’ Dreams?

Daniel Gordis
April 24, 2023
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Impos­si­ble Takes Longer: 75 Years After Its Cre­ation, Has Israel Ful­filled Its Founders’ Dreams?
Daniel Gordis
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