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1) Till we have built Jerusalem: architects of a new city

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Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

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"A cultural history of Jerusalem under the British Mandate, focusing on the tensions between its architecture and its political divisions"--

2) Ben Hecht: fighting words, moving pictures

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Publisher

Yale University Press

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

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He was, according to Pauline Kael, "the greatest American screenwriter." Jean-Luc Godard called him "a genius" who "invented 80 percent of what is used in Hollywood movies today." Besides tossing off dozens of now-classic scripts-including Scarface,Twentieth Century, and Notorious-Ben Hecht was known in his day as ace reporter, celebrated playwright, taboo-busting novelist, and the most quick-witted of provocateurs. During World War II, he also emerged...

3) Sacred trash: the lost and found world of the Cairo Geniza

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Publisher

Schocken

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

4) House of windows: portraits from a Jerusalem neighborhood

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Publisher

Steerforth Press

Pub. Date

2000

Language

English