This novel was published in Israel in 2014 and was banned from all school curriculum reading lists in Israel

I read Testimonies as quickly as I could. I had great hope that for a few reasons it would become on of my favorite reads

With hidden underground springs, rare cuts of iron ore cliff jutting out of dunes, and high flat plains of dune extended out from the East

A little tiny collection of haiku with themes focusing on Jewish American life, primarily that of Ashkenazi Jews.

I read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at the beginning of the year when the house was still cold from wintery winds blowing...

Abandoned in Morocco by her lover, Sira turns back to the work of her childhood

Israel Gardening Encyclopedia by Walter Frankl

Wind, Sand, and Stars (Terre Des Hommes originally in French) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Author of the international bestselling book...

Collette Rossant's memoir of her childhood in Old Cairo. An easy read I finished over a Shabbat afternoon in the sun while the boys...

A year after purchasing a copy at a secondhand book shop here in Be'er Sheva, I picked it up this week and I was pleasantly surprised once

I'll preface this review with a little admission, I am a francophile and I don't see a reason why everyone else isn't also.