July 18, 2008
This is the woman everyone wants to talk to about the possible “treasure trove” of Kafka material stashed away in a Tel Aviv apartment for the last 40 years. Her name is Hava Hoffe and she was photographed outside her … Continue reading
July 18, 2008
In the video clip below, HaAretz columnist Ari Shavit and The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg discuss Israel at the Aspen Ideas Festival. The talk was moderated by The Atlantic's editor, James Bennet. If you like what you see and hear, you … Continue reading
July 17, 2008
Most of the collective grief yesterday rightfully centered around the families of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. But HaAretz commentator Bradley Burston remembered another group of mourners — the families of the victims of Samir Kuntar.
July 16, 2008
Based on some of the things he said about Jews, certain scholars have called Franz Kafka a Jewish anti-Semite. He said he admired Zionism but was “nauseated” by it. He said he’d like to stuff all Jews (himself included) into … Continue reading
July 15, 2008
There's a delightful podcast on The New Yorker's Web site this week in which author Aleksandar Hemon reads Bernard Malamud's short story “A Summer's Reading.” For your convenience, I've included a copy of the audio interview here: [mp3:http://downloads.newyorker.com/mp3/fiction/080721_fiction_hemon.mp3] It's an … Continue reading
July 14, 2008
Yonat Hafftka has been writing poetry for more than 30 years. She started as a young girl growing up on kibbutz Afikim and continued when she came to the United States at the age of 22. Her first book, Sum, … Continue reading
July 11, 2008
These links aren't necessarily about Shabbos but I thought they'd make for some good reading material over the weekend. Enjoy. • New fiction from Nathan Englander: the author writes his own family tree • Israeli cinema has finally come into … Continue reading
July 10, 2008
Two weekends ago, I walked into my local library and saw a copy of Irène Némirovsky’s Fire in the Blood on the new fiction shelf. I initially went looking for something else to read but I came back to Némirovsky’s … Continue reading
July 9, 2008
If Rachel Shukert's new book is as good as her recent Salon.com essay about how the video game “Rock Band” saved her marriage then I think we can expect big things from this first-time author. She's a fun, witty writer … Continue reading
July 1, 2008
We have not done this in a while so let’s take a look at what’s popular in the Jewish categories on Amazon. Please keep in mind that Amazon chooses which books to place in which categories. That said, there are … Continue reading
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