writing

Jerusalem Writer's Festival returns amid the Israel-Hamas War

This year’s Jerusalem Writers Festival will surely be a special and, no doubt, lasting experience for all concerned.

26/05/2024
GILA GREEN: Eye for human behavior

'Real-life elements beyond genetics': An interview with Gila Green

Gila Green discusses some of her literary works and shares her thoughts on topics that she writes about, ranging from family dysfunction and antisemitism to Israeli society and politics.

By ATARA BECK
18/05/2024

Acclaimed Jewish-American novelist Paul Auster dies at 77

Auster’s work straddles the divide between the middlebrow and the highbrow.

Tuvia Tenenbom: The author who accidentally wrote books about antisemitism

After recently spending an entire year living in Mea She’arim, where they found themselves on October 7, the Tenneboms are back in Jerusalem for the English publication of Careful, Beauties Ahead!

Poetry: Post-October 7, we need to rekindle our imagination

As the Israelites celebrated their safe crossing of the Sea of Reeds with a song/poem, Shirat HaYam, we might use a poem as a guide for moving through the narrow place in which we find ourselves.

By SHERYL ABBEY
23/04/2024

'The Hebrew Teacher': Three novellas about Israeli women in the US

Each story is a slice of life of an Israeli woman whose reality was altered by immigration to the United States.

The veteran 'Post' book reviewer shares his life story

A glimpse into the world of the veteran ‘Magazine’ book reviewer Glenn C. Altschuler.

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
17/02/2024
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