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Nonfiction A Child of Christian Blood: Murder and Conspiracy in Tsarist Russia: The Beilis Blood Libel Edmund Levin
Essay Pointing Fingers: Anti-Judaism in Western Civilization Today, Brian Zimmerman of Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership reflects on a recent event with David Nirenberg, author of Anti-Judaism: The… Brian Zimmerman February 17, 2014
Nonfiction The Devil That Never Dies: The Rise and Threat of Global Antisemitism Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
Essay How My Memoir Convinced the NY Post to Advocate for Israel’s Destruction David Harris-Gershon is GrandSLAM storytelling winner for The Moth as well as a popular blogger on Palestinian-Israeli issues for Tikkun magazine,… David Harris-Gershon November 5, 2013
Essay Am I a Jewish Writer or a Writer Who Happens to Be Jewish? This week, Ellen Feldman, the author of several books, blogs for The Postscript on her thoughts about being a Jewish writer. The Postscript series is… Ellen Feldman July 24, 2013
Fiction The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols: Adapted from the Journals of John H. Watson, MD Nicholas Meyer
Nonfiction Extracted: Unmasking Rampant Antisemitism in America’s Higher Education S. Perry Brickman
Nonfiction Lethal Provocation: The Constantine Murders and the Politics of French Algeria Joshua Cole
Nonfiction The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America Daniel Okrent