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He wrote a novel about an imagined Iranian attack on Israel. Then the publisher withdrew it.

Hesh Kestin says his book "The Siege of Tel Aviv" is not Islamophobic. Its former publisher disagrees. (Courtesy of Kestin)
May 15, 2019 / Josefin Dolsten, JTA

NEW YORK (JTA) — On April 16, Dzanc Books announced its latest release, “The Siege of Tel Aviv,” a novel that imagines an Iran-led attack on Israel that leaves the country decimated. Author Hesh Kestin, a former journalist who had already published two novels with the small independent press,… Read more »

Both sides agree, Irvine verdict sends message to campus activists
September 27, 2011 / Dan Klein, JTA
A member of the Muslim Student Union disrupts a February 2010 speech by Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine. (StandWithUs)

(JTA) — The misdemeanor convictions of 10 California college students for disrupting a speech by Israel’s ambassador to the United States is already leading partisans of both sides on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to predict changes in the way the fight over the issue plays out on campus. “When you… Read more »