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“Vu di velt hot nor an ek” (Through an Endless Stretch of Land), by...

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"Vu di velt hot nor an ek" (Through an Endless Stretch of Land), by Kadya Molodowsky. Children's poems in Yiddish and English. Yaira Singer has collected, translated, and illustrated her favorite children's poems by legendary...

‘Perfect time’ to return to Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ on 120th Bloomsday

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Cultural pilgrims flock to Dublin annually on June 16 to celebrate the inside-baseball, literary “holiday” Bloomsday, which marks the single day upon which James Joyce’s 1922 novel Ulysses is set. “Hands up how many people have read...
David Mamet on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles in 2012. Credit: Jaguar PS/Shutterstock.

David Mamet: No ‘cozy mystery in antisemitism of Democratic Party’

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In the lifetime of 75-year-old playwright David Mamet, New York City was always Jewish. "The rhythms, the accent, the humor always felt to me like home," he wrote in the British magazine Unherd. "Because they were home. The...
The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. Credit: SINITAR/Shutterstock.

Penn leaders cite academic freedom, allowing event to proceed despite some speakers’ antisemitic history

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Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has drawn widespread criticism for his anti-Israel views and content at his concerts, including wearing a Nazi-style uniform while performing in Germany. Now, he is slated to take part in the “Palestine Writes...
The 2023 winner and finalists of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature (from left): Max Gross, Iddo Gefen, Daniella Zamir, Mikołaj Grynberg, Sean Gasper Bye and Anna Solomon. Credit: Courtesy.

Jerusalem ceremony celebrates 2023 Sami Rohr Prize winner, finalists

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Iddo Gefen, a neuroscience researcher and writer, was honored on Tuesday in Jerusalem for his debut short-story collection Jerusalem Beach, which won the $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Daniella Zamir was recognized for her translation, for...
Iddo Gefen. Photo by Uri Barkat.

Iddo Gefen wins Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

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Iddo Gefen, an Israeli writer and cognitive psychology doctoral student at Columbia University, has won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for his short-story collection, “Jerusalem Beach.” The prize is supported by the...
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...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly Likud party meeting at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on March 14, 2016. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Fictional account of Netanyahu family in America wins Pulitzer Prize

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A satirical novel based on the true story of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s father searching for a job in academia in the United States has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The Netanyahus: An Account...
Menachem Kaiser. Photo by Beowulf Sheehan.

Menachem Kaiser wins Sami Rohr Prize for nonfiction

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The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, in association with the National Library of Israel, announces Menachem Kaiser, author of Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure as the winner of its 2022 award...