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    Ranen Omer-Sher­man

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

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    Interview

    Yishai Sarid’s Apoc­a­lyp­tic Imag­i­na­tion: A Conversation

    Ranen Omer-Sher­man
    November 25, 2024
    Interview—From the Journal

    Acad­e­mia and Israeli Expats: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Maya Arad

    Ranen Omer-Sher­man
    March 18, 2024
    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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    Amos Oz: The Lega­cy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond
    Ranen Omer-Sher­man

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