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    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
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    Fic­tion
    Holy Lands
    Amanda Sthers
    Cover of The Way Back
    Fic­tion
    The Way Back
    Jonnie Schnytzer
    Cover of A Spy in Exile: A Thriller
    Fic­tion
    A Spy in Exile: A Thriller
    Jonathan de Shalit
    Cover of The Woman Who Fought An Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring
    Non­fic­tion
    The Woman Who Fought An Empire: Sarah Aaron­sohn and Her Nili Spy Ring
    Gre­go­ry Joseph Wallance
    Cover of Israel's Long War with Hezbollah: Military Innovation and Adaptation Under Fire
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    Israel’s Long War with Hezbol­lah: Mil­i­tary Inno­va­tion and Adap­ta­tion Under Fire
    Raphael D. Marcus
    Cover of Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
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    Spies of No Coun­try: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
    Matti Friedman Winner of the 2018 Natan Book Award
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    Fic­tion
    The Truth About Leaving
    Natal­ie Blitt
    Cover of Good Heart
    Fic­tion
    Good Heart
    Alan Newman
    Essay

    A Shift­ing View

    Angela Him­sel
    November 26, 2018
    Interview

    An Inter­view with James Loeffler

    Bob Gold­farb
    October 18, 2018
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    Root­ed Cos­mopoli­tans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twen­ti­eth Century
    James Loef­fler Finalist for the 2018 Natan Book Award
    Cover of Zion's Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature
    Fic­tion
    Zion’s Fic­tion: A Trea­sury of Israeli Spec­u­la­tive Literature
    Sheldon Teitelbaum and Emanuel Lottem, ed; Avi Katz, illus.
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    Fic­tion
    The Part­ing Gift
    Evan Fal­l­en­berg
    Interview

    An Inter­view with Tama­ra Faith Berger

    Natal­ie Aflalo
    September 20, 2018
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    Hearts and Minds: Israel and the Bat­tle for Pub­lic Opinion
    Nachman Shai
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