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    Interview

    Inter­view: Dina Elenbogen

    by Howard SchwartzJew­ish Book Coun­cil sat down with Dina Elen­bo­gen, poet and author of Drawn from Water: An Amer­i­can Poet, An Ethiopi­an Fam­i­ly, An Israeli Sto­ry, to…
    Howard Schwartz
    August 19, 2015
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    The Sound of Our Steps
    Ronit Matalon; Dalya Bilu, trans.
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    Alexan­dri­an Summer
    Yitzhak Gormezano Goren; Yardenne Greenspan, trans.
    Essay

    Israel Then and Now: Tel Aviv, Secu­ri­ty, and the Kibbutz

    Jes­samyn Hope
    August 5, 2015
    Essay

    Israel Then and Now: 6 Big Changes Since 1994 (Part I)

    Jes­samyn Hope is the author of Safe­keep­ing, which has received crit­i­cal acclaim from The Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail, and Tablet Mag­a­zine. She will be blog­ging…
    Jes­samyn Hope
    August 3, 2015
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    The Path to Geneva
    Yossi Bellin
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    Israeli Fem­i­nist Schol­ar­ship: Gen­der, Zion­ism, and Difference
    Esther Fuchs
    Interview

    Inter­view: Etgar Keret

    by Bec­ca KantorIsraeli author Etgar Keret is inter­na­tion­al­ly known for his short sto­ries, graph­ic nov­els, and screen­plays. His lat­est book, The Sev­en Good Years, is his…
    Bec­ca Kantor
    June 24, 2015
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    The Sev­en Good Years
    Etgar Keret; Silverston, Shlesinger, Cohen, and Berris, trans.
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    A Tem­ple in Flames: The Epic Sto­ry of the Final Bat­tle for Jerusalem
    Gershon Bar-Cochva & Ahron Horovitz
    Essay

    Read­ing Tanakh with Christians

    Ear­li­er this week, Julie Baretz wrote about why she decid­ed to make aliyah. Her book, The Bible on Loca­tion: Off the Beat­en Path in Ancient and Mod­ern Israel, is now…
    Julie Baretz
    June 10, 2015
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    The Bible on Loca­tion: Off the Beat­en Path in Ancient and Mod­ern Israel
    Julie Baretz
    Essay

    Organ­ic Zionism

    Julie Baretz received her license from the Israel Gov­ern­ment Tour Guides train­ing pro­gram in 1987. Since then she has guid­ed thou­sands of Jew­ish and Chris­t­ian vis­i­tors…
    Julie Baretz
    June 8, 2015
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    Hare and Tor­toise Race Across Israel
    Laura Gehl; Sarah Goodreau, illus.
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    Jodie’s Shab­bat Surprise
    Anna Levine; Ksenia Topaz, illus.
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    The Polit­i­cal Psy­chol­o­gy of Israeli Prime Min­is­ters: When Hard Lin­ers Opt For Peace
    Yael S. Aronoff
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