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About the compiler
About the Compiler/Author: Sheldon M. (Shelly) Schreter
Born (1948) and raised in Montreal, Canada, studied at McGill, U. of California, Berkeley, and the London School of Economics, living in Israel since 1976. He is a former director of the WUJS Institute (Arad) and of the Israel-Diaspora Institute (Tel Aviv U.); was involved in the Israeli plastics industry (former vice-president of ZAG Ltd.); and later in the aquaculture industry in Sri Lanka. Long-time resident of Ra’anana, Israel. Occasional blogger at the Times of Israel Blogs.
Cite this survey
@misc{schreter2026jews,
author = {Schreter, Sheldon M.},
title = {{Jews and Crime and Espionage in Our Time: A Survey of the Literature, Fiction and Non-Fiction}},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
note = {Annotated bibliography},
url = {https://jews-crime-espionage.pages.dev}
}
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Purpose: This document is a private, non-commercial research collation compiled strictly for free, educational, and personal reference use. It is intended for students, scholars, libraries, and enthusiasts of crime, mystery, and espionage literature.
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