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Essay Israel, A Story of Survival Earlier this week, Eric Gartman posited how and why history can and should be both informational and interesting. He is blogging here all week as part of the… Eric Gartman November 11, 2015
Essay Israeli Fare: A Multitudinous Cuisine Earlier this week, Falafel Nation author Yael Raviv questioned whether a shared cuisine can really bring about peace. She is blogging here all week as part of the… Yael Raviv November 4, 2015
Essay Can Peace Really Be Achieved Through a Shared Cuisine? Yael Raviv is the author of Falafel Nation: Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel. She will be blogging here all week as part of the Visiting Scribe… Yael Raviv November 2, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God Posted by Nat BernsteinFourteen years after its original publication in English translation, Etgar Keret’s seminal collection of short stories was reissued… Nat Bernstein October 29, 2015
Nonfiction Israeli Life and Leisure in the 21st Century Michaell J. Leitner & Sara F. Leitner, eds.
Interview Interview: Michael Oren by Yossi Klein HaleviMichael Oren is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including his latest book, Ally: My Journey Across the America-Israeli Divide, an… Yossi Klein Halevi October 23, 2015
Excerpt The Morning of Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassination: A Prologue Excerpted from Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel by Dan Ephron.Yitzhak Rabin woke up before seven the morning of November… Dan Ephron October 22, 2015
Nonfiction Drawing Fire: Investigating the Accusations of Apartheid in Israel Benjamin Pogrund
Essay No Fear on Israeli Soil Michael Golding is the author of the novels Simple Prayers, Benjamin’s Gift, and A Poet of the Invisible World, now out from Picador. He will be blogging here all… Michael Golding October 7, 2015
