A Collective of Caricatures
Eyal Goldstein
Setting a crime thriller on a kibbutz is a novel proposition indeed, but Lavie Tidhar's novel fails to contribute to the canon of kibbutz literature.
Assad May Be Gone, But Ba’athism isn’t
Dastan Jasim
The survival of the multiethnic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria would be a litmus test for the country's future – whether it can turn the page after the Assad regime's genocidal mix of Islamism and Arab supremacy.
Not A Very Good Time For Hebrew
Michal Zechariah
It is not a coincidence that the first English translation of a book by California-based Maya Arad, a virtuoso of linguistic verisimilitude, is dedicated to the growing bifurcation of Israeli expats' attitudes to their country of origin.
Who Owns Palestine’s Cultural Assets?
Amir Nassar
The seizure of Palestinian archives by Israel in 1948 and thereafter is marked by ambivalence: some view it as an act of cultural preservation, while others see it as theft and plunder.
Portrait of a Great Israeli Novelist
Yael Halevi-Wise
'The Mission of A.B. Yehoshua' is the first definitive biography of the great Israeli author, who died in 2022. Written by a cultural organizer rather than an academic, the book addresses many of the many contradictions – artistic as well as political – that guided his prolific career.
Thought Clouds of Love and Conflict
Ilan Goren
After an absence of more than a year from the Parisian public sphere, the Israeli flag makes a bold comeback on the cover of a new graphic book, 16 love stories from the Holy Land. The book’s attempt to transcend entrenched dichotomies is no less bold.