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What Tisha B’Av can teach about the silencing, and creative defiance, of Jewish writers - opinion

Our writers and artists create out of the conviction that we must do justice to our suffering, to our losses. That we must create a future for which we have already sacrificed so much.

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Italian writer Erri Da Luca.

Winging it: Jerusalem writers festival lineup reveals a shifting cultural landscape

Aron Heller at his book launch for Zaidy’s Band: The Untold Stories of a Jewish Band of Brothers in World War II in Toronto, November 2025.

'Too Israel-focused, too Jewy': How publishing closes its doors to Jewish writers - opinion

ITALIAN AUTHOR Erri De Luca.

Italian author Erri De Luca to take part in International Writers Festival in Jerusalem


‘Homeland’ creators to adapt ‘Dinner at the Center of the Earth’ to TV

The book centers on a Prisoner Z who is being held at a secret prison site in Israel’s Negev Desert.

Man Watching TV

Somayeh Noor's latest book, "Success Vitamins" receives an overwhelming response

Prominent writers and authors have made their mark in the world for several reasons. While some write gripping novels, others write to empower or educate those around them.

SOMAYEH NOOR

Why are Israelis still afraid?

Mark Lavie’s account of his career as a journalist in Israel


The reality of tradition: James L. Kugel talks about his ‘great shift’

Kugel wrote The Great Shift, written for non-scholars about the changing perceptions of God, the human self, and related topics from the early to late biblical writings.


Jerusalem Writers Festival goes digital

The festival has been shifted to an online format and will run from May 10-13.

Matthew Weiner (L) and Ron Leshem (R).

Metin Arditi talks about his writing contest and Israel

“The only way to get to the bottom of things is through writing – the words, les mots, la parole (speech). Otherwise, you are always in an artificial situation.

ARDITI COMPETITION winners with Metin Arditi (left) and Tel Aviv University vice president Prof. Raanan Rein

Rhymin’ with the Tel Aviv Hebrew Poetry Festival

Iconic Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin’s poetry will be celebrated December 23 at 10 p.m. at the bar of the Third Ear, located at King George Street 48.

Poet Shani Pocker

Why I write

Maybe the fact that my mother was a language teacher motivated my choice of school subjects.

A view of the Melbourne Docklands and the city skyline from Waterfront City, looking across Victoria Harbour

How Taffy Brodesser-Akner created a brand-new standard for feature-writing

#50: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

A pilgrimage to Amos Oz’s grave

Oz came to live in Hulda in his early youth, never abandoned it, and his last wish was to be buried there.

Amos Oz in Germany in 2013