In addition to revealing a gripping and heretofore untold true-life espionage story, Spies of No Country also offers unique insight into complex issues of Jewish and Israeli identity that are only now beginning to be explored in Israel and in global Jewish communities. Matti Friedman’s Spies of No Country tells the story of the Arab Section, the Jewish secret agents who operated in enemy territory at the birth of Israel. In Spies of No Country, Friedman – the award-winning author of The Aleppo Codex and Pumpkinflowers – tells the story of four Jewish men who emigrated from Arab countries to pre-state Israel and were soon recruited into the embryonic Jewish intelligence forces. SPIES OF NO COUNTRY SECRET LIVES AT THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL by Matti Friedman RELEASE DATE: MaA focused espionage tale of the beginning of Israel and the spies who turned out to bethe embryo of one of the world’s most formidable intelligence services. By focusing on books that have not yet been published, Natan and the JBC help the author to complete his or her work while developing a customized plan to distribute and promote the winning book, particularly in Jewish communities around the world. The Award, is a pre-publication prize of $25,000 intended to support books that can catalyze important conversations about Jewish life. Matti Friedman’s Spies of No Country, which will be published by Algonquin Books in Fall 2018, is the recipient of the 2018 Natan Book Award run in partnership with Jewish Book Council (JBC).
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