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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. Reviews Articles Books Fiction Victorious Yishai Sarid; trans, Yardenne Greenspan Nonfiction What Makes an Apple?: Six Conversations about Writing, Love, Guilt, and Other Pleasures Amos Oz with Shira Hadad, Jessica Cohen (Translator) Fiction Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation Liana Finck Fiction The Pessimists Bethany Ball Fiction At Night’s End Nir Baram Jessica Cohen Fiction More Than I Love My Life: A Novel David Grossman Fiction Jerusalem Beach Iddo Gefen; Daniella Zamir, trans. Fiction To Be a Man Nicole Krauss Fiction The Last Interview: A Novel Eshkol Nevo; Sondra Silverston, trans. Fiction Apeirogon Colum McCann Nonfiction The Book of Sarah Sarah Lightman Fiction And the Bride Closed the Door Ronit Matalon; Jessica Cohen, trans. Fiction The Parting Gift Evan Fallenberg Fiction Sadness Is a White Bird Moriel Rothman-Zecher Fiction Petty Business Yirmi Pinkus; Evan Fallenberg and Yardenne Greenspan; trans. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› 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 Nonfiction Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond Ranen Omer-Sherman
Nonfiction What Makes an Apple?: Six Conversations about Writing, Love, Guilt, and Other Pleasures Amos Oz with Shira Hadad, Jessica Cohen (Translator)
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 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
