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Nonfiction The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967 – 1977 Gershom Gorenberg
Essay Five Comix about Israel Worth Reading JT Waldman co-authored and illustrated the new graphic novel Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me with writer and frequent David Letterman guest Harvey Pekar. Read… JT Waldman July 5, 2012
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The People of Forever Are Not Afraid Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterShani Boianjiu, the youngest recipient ever of the National Book Foundation’s 5 under 35 Award, for which she was chosen by Nicole… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 3, 2012
Essay My Pekar Years JT Waldman is the author ofNot the Israel My Parents Promised Me and Megillat Esther. Visit his official websitehere. He will be be blogging here all week for Jewish… JT Waldman July 2, 2012
Nonfiction The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World Michael Karpin
Nonfiction The “Bergson Boys” and the Origins of Contemporary Zionist Militancy Judith Tydor Baumel