Aquarium
Yaara Shehori Todd Hasak-Lowy
An excerpt from Yaara Shehori's new novel about the relationship between two deaf sisters.
Nehemyah
Yakov Z. Mayer Oded Even Or
An exclusive English translation of the 2020 Sapir Prize-shortlisted novel about a man's search for the reputed messiah Sabbatai Tzvi.
“I have a good memory because I’m too weak to forget”
Shachar Pinsker
A new English selection of Avrom Sutskever's essential prose reveals the fascinating tension between the great Yiddish writer's Israeli present and his East European past.
Elisha Appears Again
Yardenne Greenspan Yonat Rum
An exclusive English translation of Yonat Rum's tale of loss, survival and memory, winner of Haaretz newspaper's 2018 short story contest.
Too Good to be True?
Yaniv Feller
The new, pluralistic permanent exhibit at the Museum of the Jewish People feels increasingly at odds with its surroundings.
Cities without a Country
Ian Black
A new book and a new documentary film offer a profoundly insightful and thought-provoking snapshot of the many troubling uncertainties faced by Palestinians in 2021.
Different Kinds of Silence
Reut Ben-Yaakov
The surprising parallels in the lives and poetry of Natan Zach and Aharon Almog, and their place in Israeli literary history.
Set Me Free
Lina Rose
Mind-altering drugs, sexual fluidity, stealing the borders: the new Israeli children's novel that's breaking boundaries.
Yosef Haim Brenner in Life and Death
S.Y. Agnon Jeffrey Saks
A Hebrew literary giant's eulogy of another: An exclusive English translation of S.Y. Agnon's 'in memoriam' of Yosef Haim Brenner, upon the centenary of his murder.
The Manuscript
Yardenne Greenspan Ruby Namdar
An exclusive English translation of a new short story by Sapir Prize-winning novelist Ruby Namdar, set in 1970s Tel Aviv.