The NeverEnding Stories
Haim Watzman
Why are so many contemporary Israeli novels excruciatingly overlong?
Jerusalem’s New Historians
Dotan Halevy
Three new books make a persuasive case for reevaluating age-old historiographical conventions in the study of late Ottoman Palestine.
The Two Survivors
Taleen Babayan
A comprehensive survey of Israeli-Armenian relations in the shadow of the latest Nagorno-Karabakh War.
The Unshakeable One
Liam Hoare
Reflections on Amos Oz's final lecture and his relationship with Germany.
The New Mixed Cities
Afif Abu Much
Why are Arabs moving to largely Jewish cities, and how are they being received?
Derivative Imperial Nations
Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki
A critique of how current discourses understand the reality of the Americas and the Middle East.
"Sometimes They Prayed Marxism"
Biti Roy
The little-known story of Rav Steinsaltz's involvement with the 'New Sanhedrin.'
Snowtrain
Tal Yacob Yardenne Greenspan
An excerpt from Tal Yacob's novel about a violent and sexual encounter between a male prostitute and an assassin.
Lisbon and Manila: Sites of Refuge During the Holocaust
Manuela Consonni
A review of two books on the plight, experiences, and emotions of Holocaust refugees.
Happy and Sad
Chaya Levy Maayan Eitan
A selection of English translations of work by the poet Chaya Levy.