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Cover of Smashing the Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible

Smashing the Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible

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Mrs. Lilienblum’s Cloud Factory

Iddo Gefen; Daniella Zamir, trans.

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The Thinking Heart: On Israel and Palestine

David Grossman; Jessica Cohen, trans.

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The Third Temple

Yishai Sarid; Yardenne Greenspan, trans.

Cover of Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Novel

Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Novel

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The Hebrew Teacher

Maya Arad; Jessica Cohen, trans. 

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I Must Be Dreaming

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Inside Information

Eshkol Nevo; Sondra Silverston, trans.

Cover of Where I Am

Dana Shem-Ur; Yardenne Greenspan, trans.

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The Red Balcony

Jonathan Wilson

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Nir Baram; Jessica Cohen, trans.

Cover of Victorious

Yishai Sarid; trans, Yardenne Greenspan

Cover of What Makes an Apple?: Six Conversations about Writing, Love, Guilt, and Other Pleasures

What Makes an Apple?: Six Conversations about Writing, Love, Guilt, and Other Pleasures

Amos Oz with Shira Hadad, Jessica Cohen (Translator)

Cover of Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation

Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation

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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

Cover of Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond

Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond

Ranen Omer-Sherman