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Ben-Amos adapted the government of Israel’s minutes from the
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School of Education, a playwright, and a social activist.
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Funerals, Politics and Memory in Modern France, 1789-1996
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Funerals, Politics and Memory in Modern France, 1789-1996
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Sacred People: Bible and Nationalism in the Modern Era
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Who Marched in the Fields? Looking for the Real Sabra
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by Avner Ben-Amos. Both plays were performed at the
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