The Prime Ministers: The Juggler
Hirsh Goodman
What is the secret of the enduring success of Benjamin Netanyahu, soon to be Israel's longest-serving prime minister?
‘A Translator is First and Foremost a Reader’
Akin Ajayi
An interview with Jessica Cohen, who was awarded, together with David Grossman, the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for her translation of his book "A Horse Walks into a Bar."
Illiberal Neoliberalism
Asher Schechter
Israel's transition into a global economy is a textbook example of how a country can practice globalization without subscribing to any of its stated values.
Eighteen Lashes: A Novel
Assaf Gavron
An exclusive excerpt from the English translation of Assaf Gavron's forthcoming novel.
‘Reading Lolita in Tel Aviv’: Letters from a Kurd
Ofra Bengio
Through the personal experiences of Mariwan, a Kurdish adolescent, Kae Bahar tells the story of the Kurdish nation's struggle for independence.
‘My Identity has Nothing to Do with the Language in Which I Write’
Janan Bsoul
An interview with Jaffa poet Ayat Abu Shmeiss
Global Jewish Identities
Ephraim Meir
Around the world today we find several ways of belonging, of which full conversion is one option. Entire communities see themselves as Jewish without being formally recognized as such.
Ronit Matalon: An Appreciation
Yiftach Ashkenazi
In memoriam of the stellar Mizrahi writer who rejected identity politics
This Time for Africa
Efy Halperin
Dr. Efy Halperin, an Israeli infectious disease specialist, spent several months volunteering in rural Uganda.
A Warm Tale of Human Foibles
Rachel Harris
Yirmi Pinkus reconstructs a 1980s Tel Aviv Ashkenazi enclave that is replete with charming vignettes but detached from the realities it aspires to hark back to.
‘Duel Review’: What Happened to the Israeli Left?
Ben-Dror Yemini Naomi Chazan
Two reviews, separately written, analyze the factors behind the chronic weakness of the Israeli Left.