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Observation · June 13, 2022
What’s Missing from “Rise and Kill First”
By Asa Kasher
A book about Israel's targeted-assassination program has become legendary and will soon be brought to television. It's accurate in its facts, but misses on its judgments.
Response · June 22, 2020
Thinking about Eichmann in the Way That the World Thinks about Israel
By Jonathan S. Tobin
Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay · June 1, 2020
The Truth of the Capture of Adolf Eichmann
By Martin Kramer
Sixty years ago, the infamous Nazi official was abducted in Argentina and brought to Israel. What really happened, what did Hollywood make up, and why?
Observation · October 29, 2019
Netflix’s “The Spy” Manages to Convey the Ethnic Irony at the Heart of Eli Cohen’s Life
By Matti Friedman
In 1960s Israel, Arabic-speaking Jews were invaluable as spies for their new country. In normal life, they were marginalized.
Observation · May 15, 2019
The Middle Eastern Jews Who Were Some of Israel’s Earliest Undercover Spies
By Michael Weingrad
A wonderful new book recaptures their story and relates it to broader issues of Middle Eastern Jewish identity.