Culture
The new (literary) engagement with Israel
Is American Jewry estranged from Israel? Recent novels by Krauss, Safran Foer, and Englander prove just the opposite Nathan Englander’s latest novel, Dinner at the Center of the Earth (2017) culminated in a romantic union. The lovers in the novel, an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian Muslim, are forced to hold their assignation in an underground tunnel beneath the Gaza…
New Publications in the Field
Opinion Articles
Opinion Articles
Rosh Hashanah or January 1st?
When does the year start for Israelis – the first of January or the first of Tishrei? Most of us conduct our daily lives according to the Gregorian (non-Hebrew) calendar and are not aware of the Hebrew date on any given day.
In the Media
In the Media
Why won’t Sally Rooney allow her latest novel to be translated into Hebrew by an Israeli publisher?
Along with the rise in derogatory cries and aggression against Jews, there is a rise in hostility towards Israel and support for a boycott. It is difficult not to see these things as two sides of the same coin.
Opinion Articles
Opinion Articles
Jewish Families Project
The past year was the year of television. The lockdowns, social isolation and extra free time strengthened a medium that has in any case flourished in recent years. And in the era of television, the year of television, it was also a shining time for Israel’s (relatively) new public TV channel Kan 11. In last month’s Israeli Academy of Film…