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Ranen Omer-Sher­man

Ranen Omer-Sher­man is the JHFE Endowed Chair in Juda­ic Stud­ies at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Louisville and edi­tor of the forth­com­ing book Amos Oz: The Lega­cy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond.

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Essay—From the Journal

Bod­ies, Bor­ders, and Desire

Three new nov­els set in Israel explore Jew­ish – Arab relationships.

Ranen Omer-Sher­man
August 5, 2019
Interview

Inter­view: Moriel Rothman-Zecher

Ranen Omer-Sher­man
March 20, 2018
Interview

Inter­view: Eshkol Nevo

Ranen Omer-Sher­man
January 16, 2018
Interview

David Bez­mozgis on Turn­ing His Short Sto­ry, ​“Natasha,” into a Film

Ranen Omer-Sher­man
April 25, 2017
Interview

Inter­view: Geral­dine Brooks

with Ranen Omer-Sher­manIn her lat­est book, Pulitzer Prize win­ner Geral­dine Brooks sets her­self the daunt­ing chal­lenge of por­tray­ing one of the most hero­ic yet moral­ly…
Ranen Omer-Sher­man
November 27, 2015
Essay

Israeli Writ­ers Embrac­ing English

by Ranen Omer-Sher­manBooks Dis­cussed in This EssayThe Best Place on Earth: Sto­ries by Ayelet TsabariTalk­ing to the Ene­my by Avn­er MandelmanThe Peo­ple of For­ev­er Are…
Ranen Omer-Sher­man
May 19, 2015

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