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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 The Worlds We Think We Know Dalia Rosenfeld Fiction A Horse Walks into a Bar David Grossman Jessica Cohen Fiction Isra-Isle Nava Semel; Jessica Cohen, trans. Fiction The Chosen Ones Steve Sem-Sandberg; Anna Paterson, trans. Nonfiction Flying Couch Amy Kurzweil Fiction In the Land of Armadillos: Stories Helen Maryles Shankman Fiction The Secret Chord: A Novel Geraldine Brooks Fiction The Sound of Our Steps Ronit Matalon; Dalya Bilu, trans. Fiction Alexandrian Summer Yitzhak Gormezano Goren; Yardenne Greenspan, trans. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 3 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
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
