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A common language?

Hava Pinhas-Cohen, founder and director of the Kisufim writers’ conference, talks about why some authors don’t like to be categorized as Jewish and how Israelis are not embracing Diaspora literature.

Hava Pinhas-Cohen 521
Hava Pinhas-Cohen 521
(photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem)
ByPEGGY CIDOR
FEBRUARY 4, 2013 12:10
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