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IN HIS NEW BOOK, the historian and professor at the London School of Eco- nomics illustrates a century and a half of rich, thick relationships between Jews and Muslims in both the Ottoman Empire and Europe. He also tracks the story of how various nationalist move- BOOKS / NON-FICTION Common Cause
ments, European colonization, and global wars sowed the seeds of dis- cord between these communi- ties. It is easy to allow the exigen- cies of any current
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM: THE 1,400-YEAR HISTORY OF JEWISH–MUSLIM RELATIONS Marc David Baer Basic Books June 9
moment to convince us into accept- ing a crabbed view of the world and a false set of choices—and into thinking that the world has always been as it is now. But the historical vantage can reveal that a much wider, more imagi- native array of interpretive choices are available. Zachary Kauffman
COOKBOOKS Fast-Forward the Food
BETWEEN DOMESTIC INFLATION, global trade wars, and literal wars, you’d be forgiven for feeling like the world is more stressful than it has been in a long time. That’s why acclaimed food writer Adeena Sussman decided to simplify Israeli cuisine in her new cookbook, Zariz, which means quick in Hebrew. Unlike her first two books — Sababa, featuring bold Middle Eastern flavours such as schug, sumac, and za’atar; and Shabbat, which skewed festive and traditional— Zariz is decidedly pared down, featuring one- pot dishes with a single-digit number of ingredients and fewer, more versatile spices. Just because life is more chaotic doesn’t mean your kitchen should be. Michael Fraiman
ZARIZ: 100 EASY, BREEZY, TEL AVIV-Y RECIPES Adeena Sussman Penguin Random House April 28
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