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Remembering Dan Margalit: Leaving a mark on Israeli media for better or worse - opinion

Margalit belonged to the pantheon of famous Israeli journalists who left a mark on Israeli journalism and TV programs.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2025|BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

DAN MARGALIT undoubtedly belonged to the pantheon of famous Israeli journalists who, for better or worse (mostly for better), left a mark on Israeli journalism and TV programs, says the writer.

Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks is awarded the 2025 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Jewish author Geraldine Brooks awarded Library of Congress fiction award

Geraldine Brooks, Jewish author of bestsellers like "People of the Book," wins the 2025 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.

AUGUST 28, 2025|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

People demonstrate on the day of a vote on the motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in London, Britain, February 21, 2024.

Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan join 380 UK writers demanding Gaza ceasefire in open letter

The letter is based on the original by Karim Kattan, which was published in the French outlet Liberation on Monday and signed by 300 French authors.

MAY 28, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ will be appearing at the Jerusalem International Writers Festival and the Jerusalem International Book Forum.

This week’s Jerusalem International Writers Festival to light up literary landscape

“Even during the war that is currently taking place, and in the incessant war since 1948, Israel continues to create and enrich the world with its culture."

MAY 18, 2025|ByHANNAH BROWN

A year in columns: Why put pen to paper? - opinion

I hope to be able to share more interesting topics with you, dear readers.

DECEMBER 30, 2022ByANDREA SAMUELS

A child receives the COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary Maccabi healthcare center in Rehovot on Monday.

The sequel to the Holocaust novel ‘Boy in the Striped Pajamas’ is here. Its author has no regrets.

Over the years, more research has been published about the book’s popularity in the classroom, which has led to more scrutiny of its factual inaccuracies.

DECEMBER 2, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

John Boyne, author of the Holocaust novel "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" and its sequel "All the Broken Places."

Yuval Noah Harari to CNN: 'Israeli public has moved on from two-state solution'

The Israeli author and Hebrew University professor says that most of the general Israeli public wants three classes of people.

NOVEMBER 26, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yuval Noah Harari of Hebrew University of Jerusalem attends a session at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020

Screenwriting guru Robert McKee to teach screenwriting seminars in Tel Aviv

Rober McKee, screenwriting guru, is coming to Tel Aviv for the first time in 16 years to teach a screenwriting seminar for the last time.

NOVEMBER 21, 2022ByLAURI DONAHUE

ROBERT McKEE: It’s categorically unfair to compare works of art, whether it be a screenplay or a novel or a play

This olah moved to Israel as a doctor and became an award-winning writer

While dreaming of being a writer but finding work as a doctor, Dr. Leah Scheier moved to Israel and managed to make her dream come true - and she has the awards to prove it.

OCTOBER 30, 2022ByAARON REICH

SIGNING THE contract for ‘The Last Words We Said.’

Award-winning author Dara Horn sheds light on prevalence of antisemitism

No. 33 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Dara Horn, award-winning author.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022BySARAH BEN-NUN

'The Literary Mafia': The myth that Jews control publishing - review

Did the Jews act mafia-style to promote their own, perhaps swinging the votes of those National Book Award juries? According to author Josh Lambert: No.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022ByPAUL GOLDBERG