Writing

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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DR. DANIEL ORLIEVSKY (left) and his team use the Phaedrus Approach to teach students on the spectrum how to communicate.

How writing can help some people with autism find their voice

The Ararat program at the National Library of Israel.

Writing to heal: How putting trauma on paper can restore clarity

As antisemitism rises in publishing, Jewish and Israeli writers are confronting rejection, backlash, and growing pressure to silence their voices.

'Your story is too Jewish': Inside publishing's dirty open secret - from the editor


Photography, poetry, and nature in Israel

Living so close to the lake and also to the beautiful countryside all around us has enabled me to get a close-up view of the nature of Israel.

 Glossy ibises flying over the Hula Valley at sunset.

Stories from Green Lane: The Gabba of the Hashkoma Minyan - short story

Inspired by true events, this is a work of fiction; therefore, the story and characters are fictitious. It will be part of the author's upcoming book.

 Illustrative photo: A view of Green Lane, Hendon, London

Wonderful but marginal: Hebrew Poetry Festival returns to Israel's North

This year the festival was dedicated to the memory of Hayim Nachman Bialik, whose birth took place 150 years ago near Zhytomyr, Russia.

 Israeli poets discuss their work at the Metullah Poetry Festival.

The legacy of Zelda: Israel's legendary poet - opinion

Zelda was a devout Jewess, a cousin of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe. Her full name was Zelda Shneerson Mishkowsky, but she only ever went by Zelda.

 ZELDA IN her youth.

Israeli screenwriters union supports striking Writers Guild of America

The Screenwriters Guild of Israel (SGI) is urging its members not to cross the virtual WGA picket line and “scab” for Hollywood studios

The Screenwriters Guild of Israel joined writers’ groups in more than 20 countries to support the Writers Guild of America in an international day of solidarity that even included war-torn Ukraine

Robert Gottlieb, legendary editor who championed Joseph Heller, Robert Caro dies at 92

A famous workaholic, he reportedly was reviewing proofs of a book by the Jewish author Cynthia Ozick while helping his pregnant wife through labor.

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Jennifer Egan talks tech, freedom at Jerusalem Writers Festival

The author of a body of work that includes A Visit from the Goon Squad, Manhattan Beach and The Candy House, sat down at the Jerusalem Writers Festival.

 JENNIFER EGAN at the Jerusalem Writers Festival.

Meir Shalev and Yehonatan Geffen were Israeli cultural royalty - comment

Recently Israeli Author Meir Shalev passed away at 74 and Yehonatan Geffen passed away at 76.

YEHONATAN GEFFEN

Violeta from Italia - short story

I wonder where Violeta is now, if she ever heard what happened to Niko. Whenever we see a redhead on the bus, Oren and I look to see if maybe Violeta has come back.

 Illustrative image of a ledge with plants.

Welcome to Har Nes! - short story

The town was called Har Nes, which means “miracle mountain” in Hebrew. The omen was fortuitous. Stumbling upon a home with a spectacular view of the Kinneret, we were instantly hooked. 

 A view of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) from Moshavat Kinneret.