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Simhat Torah: Russian-Jewish stories about the holiday - excerpt

Rabbi Jonathan Porath didn’t make countless trips to Russia. He counted them – 175 trips from 1965 through 2019. The following is an excerpt from his book centered primarily on Simhat Torah.

|ByJONATHAN PORATH
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ‘Hanukkah in Siberia’ winter festival in Tumen, Siberia, December 1995.
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his new book, "Bibi: My Story"

What were Benjamin Netanyahu's blissful years in Israel? - excerpt

An exclusive excerpt from Benjamin Netanyahu’s soon-to-be-released autobiography, ‘Bibi: My Story’

|ByBENJAMIN NETANYAHU
Gal Hirsch on patrol in Lebanon in 1982

Let me do the job!

In another excerpt from his new book, Gal Hirsch drops the reader into 1993, when he had to weigh the importance of a mission against prevarications from his commanders.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers walk together after leaving Lebanon near the Israel-Lebanon border in August 2006

A fire-based campaign

In July 2006, Gal Hirsch led his division to war only to find not everyone was on the same page. Here is an excerpt from his new book:

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

EXCERPT: What's never said

In Susan Shapiro’s new novel,What’s Never Said, Daniel Wildman, a 42-year-old American Jewish professor in Israel in 1982, wants to get serious with Ronit, a sexy dark- haired Sabra.

JULY 30, 2015
BySUSAN SHAPIRO
A modern love story in the ancient neighborhood of Yemin Moshe.