In the kibbutz children’s house, we grew up speaking in plural, writes memoirist
Newly released in English, Israeli Yael Neeman's portrait of her 1960s Socialist childhood is ripe to resonate with US Millennials exploring communal living
View ArticleWhen Israel banned Nazi-inspired ‘Stalag’ porn
As the Knesset prepares a bill to ‘filter’ Internet pornography, a peek at the Jewish state’s 1963 show-down with Holocaust-infused comics
View Article8 books for 8 nights of Hanukkah
Whether you burn through a book a day or wrap a few as gifts, we've got enough literature to fuel you for the duration of the holiday
View ArticleSpring time is festival time in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv
From nighttime food tours and a rave party in the capital, to urban design and philosophy debates in the White City, anything goes in the month of May
View ArticleAmos Oz honored by Germany’s Reform rabbinical school
Novelist praises Berlin's attempts to mediate peace, but notes Israel will not have dialogue with those who deny its right to exist
View ArticleEtgar Keret and Maira Kalman search for the absurd in Israel’s corners
Writer and illustrator, working on collaboration, talk about the creative process and adventures across the country
View ArticleAharon Appelfeld, literary giant who gave vivid voice to Holocaust, dies at 85
Winner of multiple literary awards, the prolific Appelfeld published his most recent book just three months ago
View ArticleDavid Grossman, critic of Israeli policies, awarded Israel Prize for literature
Announcing choice, Education Minister Naftali Bennett lauds left-leaning author's 'deep wisdom, sensitivity to fellow human beings and unique linguistic style'
View ArticleIsraeli writer Ayelet Tsabari on being a literal, literary wandering Jew
The author's upcoming memoir, which will be published in English, charts her own struggles and those of Mizrahi Jews in Israel
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Locked down? Open up to… Meir Shalev
In the first in a series of articles aimed to widen cultural horizons within our virus-narrowed constraints, Mitch Ginsburg extols Meir Shalev's new memoir as a breath of fresh air
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Peace activist author A.B. Yehoshua now pushes for a one-state solution
In conversation with ToI to mark release of new book, 'The Tunnel,' the writer says, 'We have to integrate the Palestinians into Israel, by the right or the left'
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Israel Prize-winning poet Natan Zach dies at 89
Berlin-born writer who helped shape Israeli poetry was a lightning rod for controversy in his later years over a number of political, racial statements
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Israeli novelist David Grossman in the running for International Booker Prize
Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk and her novel 'The Books of Jacob,' which tells the story of 18th-century Jewish mystical cult leader Jacob Frank, also on prize longlist
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In first, Israeli female authors outnumber male
According to the National Library of Israel's 2021 report, women wrote 52% of Israeli Hebrew literature, a rise of 10 percentage points compared to 2017
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A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli literary giant and ardent humanist, dies aged 85
Influential author, recipient of the Israel Prize and dozens of other awards, was also known as a sharp-tongued polemicist and staunch Zionist
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