Tag: Jewish Writers
February 17, 1988: Israeli writers protest
”I’m for a Palestinian state, because that is the way to life. All other roads lead to death.” These words were spoken by Amos Oz to a gathering of 800, organized by the Israeli...
Actress Natalie Portman remembers Polish-born Jewish writer
Ms Portman’s grandfather was also born in central Poland. She recorded the video for the animal rights organization PETA to show how Singer’s progressive ideas still apply after all those years.
Speaking of the writer’s...
How to identify Jewish writers
I had heard on NPR that Steve Costa and Kate Levinson wanted to sell a bookstore they had owned since 2002 in this delightful Northern California coastal town, and get on with new life...
Artists After the Escape: Heinrich Heine — Finding the freedom to write in France
As a young man, Heinrich Heine faced a hard question: homeland or freedom? Frustrated with censorship and anti-Semitism in Germany, the writer headed to Paris. There, he penned masterpieces but always longed for home.
The...