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Israeli forces patrolling Acre, a mixed Arab-Jewish town in northwest Israel, on Thursday.Credit.Jalaa Marey/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
Warnings of civil war in Israel
Hundreds of people have been arrested on rioting charges in Israel, and the city of Lod was placed on lockdown after groups of Jews and Arabs faced off violently in the streets. Several Israeli leaders, led by President Reuven Rivlin, evoked the specter of civil war a once unthinkable idea.
Israel carried out more airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza, where the death toll rose on Thursday to 83 people, according to the Gaza health ministry. Palestinian militants fired volleys of rockets that reached far into Israel, where seven have died over the past three days.
Meet the Finalists of the 2020 BookLife Prize in Nonfiction By PW Staff By PW Staff | May 12, 2021
Four books were selected by a panel of guest judges as the finalists for the 2020 BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest. One title was chosen from each of the following genres: Self-Help/Relationships, Memoir/Autobiography, Inspirational/Spiritual, and Business/Personal Finance. Here we meet the finalists who are each now in-the-running for the grand prize, which will be announced on May 24.
Self-Help/Relationships
What the judge said: “What an engaging read. I have never struggled with infertility but found myself unable to put down this honest and compassionate memoir about pregnancy and love and learning to survive the unimaginable. Sandra Vashar s voice is so human, I felt that I knew her by the last page of the book. It s filled with important information and valuable guidance, but also with humor and support and kindness.” -
Meet the Judges of the 2020 BookLife Nonfiction Prize By PW Staff | Apr 28, 2021
Four accomplished authors are serving as guest judges for the 2020 BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest. Each author selected what they felt to be the strongest title from among five semifinalists within four given categories: Memoir/Autobiography, Self-Help/Relationships, Business/Personal Finance, and Inspirational/Spirituality. The four selected books are now finalists for the grand prize, which will be announced in
PW on May 24. Here,
PW speaks to the guest judges about the books they chose as finalists, their own writing, and persevering over the last year.
Memoir/Autobiography A Life in Men and
Vaccine etiquette: A guide to politely navigating this new phase of the pandemic
Teddy Amenabar and Allyson Chiu, The Washington Post
April 15, 2021
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For the past year, the coronavirus pandemic has defined our daily life, determining how we learn, work, eat, travel and socialize. But those parameters are changing, as millions of vaccinated Americans mingle with the millions waiting for their turn and the millions who remain reluctant to get the shots. That means the rules of etiquette are changing, as well.
Six months ago, when the pandemic had transformed from novelty to new reality and it seemed time to codify how to trudge through life in a mannerly fashion, The Washington Post turned to several personal advice and etiquette experts for guidance on issues of the time: how to greet people, respond to invitations, tip delivery drivers, etc. Now the vaccines have brought a whole new set of sticky situations to negotiate (politely) until the time when we hope
A socially distant group of friends. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
As more people get vaccinated for COVID-19, some are excited to start making plans to meet up with friends and attend events again after a long year apart.
But others are feeling conflicted and anxious about going back to some sort of normalcy because it was often full of busy routines and constant obligations.
Journalist
Celeste Headlee has been thinking about this and joins
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd to discuss how this time can serve as an opportunity to rethink what our personal lives could look like going forward. She’s the author of “Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving.”