The Possibility of Exile
Vivian Cohen-Leisorek
A new collection of short stories, half of them set in Israel and the other half in the US, feature characters that – to paraphrase Medieval poet Yehuda Halevi – are pulled to the West while their hearts remain in the East.
Carthage / A Novel
Zohar Kohavi
An excerpt from Zohar Kohavi's debut novel, translated by Daniella Zamir.
The day Kafka’s last wish became Agnon’s nightmare
Jeffrey Saks
Newly revealed evidence shows that a fire that devastated S.Y. Agnon's house 100 years ago bears Kafkaesque coincidences.
Sabras in Outer Space
Marcela Sulak
Exquisitely crafted so that the smallest details give us worlds, Iddo Gefen's short stories combine a preoccupation with spirituality and the incursion of advanced technology into our most personal, sensitive areas.
Reuven Rubin, ‘Palestine’s Gauguin’, 100 years on
Bennett Tucker
Featuring rural farmlands in the Galilee, vistas of Jerusalem's Old City and Tel Aviv's burgeoning modernity, Rubin's 1924 exhibition at Jerusalem's Tower of David Citadel was much more than the oft-cited 'first modern art exhibition in Israel.'
How social media triggered my BZD (Bipolar Zionist Disorder)
Zoe Karbe
I want peace. I want us to be friends with Palestinians, but these nutjob anti-Zionist/Israel folks need to be put in their place. Obviously, I'm the right person for the job. Two, three, five, ten, thirteen TikToks later, I am addicted.