The author, who appeared on Zoom because he had just caught a case of COVID, had planned to attend the festival in person – and promised his interviewer to come to Israel when his health permitted.
Lihi Lapid is a writer and activist for disability rights. She is married to Israeli politician Yair Lapid, currently the leader of the opposition.
While she is the author of novel, Woman of Valor, which was also published in English to positive reviews, and several other books that came out in Israel, she is also the wife of Yair Lapid
The two parts of the story run side by side down the 262 pages of the book, part one on the evenly numbered pages; part two on the odd.
Her new book applies to Jews and Israel, especially post-October 7 when American Jews were stunned by their progressive peers.
The Partisan’s Coat is Grenimann’s second novel. In a way, it could be called a coming-of-age novel.
Adam is an almost bar mitzvah boy, and his coming of age is set against the background of antisemitism, the Soviet Jewry movement, and relatable cringe-worthy moments of awkwardness.
Some of the relationships, such as that of Nomi and her mother, whom she hasn’t seen in 40 years and is now facing dementia, are laced with regret; others of unfulfilled potential.
The title “Parallel Lines” refers to the route of the light rail, which traverses through both Jewish and Palestinian neighborhoods, and to the lives of the three main characters.
Discussing the divisions and tensions between Jerusalem's distinctly separate "tribes" in a new fictional novel, Parallel Lines.
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