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A.B. Yehoshua autographs one of his novels at the International Writers Festival at Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Jerusalem in 2010. Credit: Moshe Milner/The Israel National Photo Collection.

Romance, intrigue, pragmatism, activism: For A.B. Yehoshua, Israel encompassed all

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When it comes to novelist A.B. Yehoshua, who died on June 14 at the age of 85, it’s difficult to separate his romances from his political activism. Despite his extreme views on Jewish identity, the...
Israelis attend the annual Hebrew Book Week in Tel Aviv on June 15, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Hebrew Book Week back in full force, even as Israeli literary giant is missed

Books, books and more books—that could be the tagline across Israel as the people celebrate the return of the National Hebrew Book Week, which was sidelined for two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. The...

My last cup of coffee with A.B. Yehoshua

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It was January 2020, in a small café in Givatayim, that I last met with the celebrated Israeli author A. B. Yehoshua, who passed away on June 14 at the age of 85. That was...
Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua at a writer's talk in Jerusalem on Oct. 13, 2018. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Two Israeli authors included in ‘New York Times’ list of ‘100 Notable Books of...

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The New York Times has included works by two Israeli authors in its 100 Notable Books of 2020 list: Yishai Sarid, the son of the late Meretz lawmaker Yossi Sarid, for his book The Memory Monster,...