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Nonfiction Metropolitan Jews: Politics, Race, and Religion in Postwar Detroit Lila Corwin Berman
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
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 Social Concern and Left Politics in Jewish American Art Matthew Baigell is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Art History at Rutgers University. He is the author of numerous books, including American Artists,… Matthew Baigell June 29, 2015
Nonfiction The Political Psychology of Israeli Prime Ministers: When Hard Liners Opt For Peace Yael S. Aronoff
Interview Interview: Jonathan D. Sarna Lincoln and the Jews: A History by Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell chronicles the extraordinary relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and… Elise Cooper May 19, 2015
Nonfiction 1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR-Two Tales of Politics Betrayal and Unlikely Destiny David Pietrusza
