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Dory Manor, left, and Moshe Sakal of new Hebrew publishing house Altneuland. (Courtesy via JTA)
May 6, 2026, 8:14 am
New Hebrew press in Berlin seeks to build literary home outside of Israel
Founders of Altneuland, the first such publishing house since the Jewish state’s inception, embrace Israeli writers – and readers – while spurning government funding
By Shira Li Bartov
Members of Zaka walk through the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, as they collect the dead bodies, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Edi Israel/ Flash90)
March 26, 2025, 8:22 am
‘A murder in every corner’: 60-year resident writes book on Kfar Aza challenges post-Oct. 7
Ami Cahana, author of ‘Journey Back to the House of Betrayal,’ reflects on his reeling community where 64 were slaughtered by Hamas. Revival will depend on newcomers, he says
By Sue Surkes
Israeli author meir Shalev speaks at the 25th Jerusalem National Book Festival held at the International Conference Center in Jerusalem. February 22, 2011. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 14, 2024, 5:24 pm
National Library gets Meir Shalev archive, will restrict access per author’s wish
Institution set to comply with literary icon’s request to keep much of his archive out of public sight for up to 10 years, while making other items accessible in 2025
By ToI Staff
Shiri Artzi (Avishag Sha'ar-Yeshuv)
October 11, 2024, 5:29 pm
Israeli author Shiri Artzi reflects on her antidote for despair after the Oct. 7 horrors
The novelist and screenwriter discusses writing an obituary for a massacre victim whom she never met, leading a workshop for evacuees, and the power of love in times of adversity
By Tamar Mor Sela
Israeli-Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden speaks at a We Are Freyda talk in the Netherlands, November 17, 2021. (YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 17, 2024, 9:04 am
Dutch-Israeli author Yael van der Wouden shortlisted for Booker Prize
Novelist inspired by her frustration as a Jewish woman growing up in the Netherlands feeling like her culture has disappeared
By ToI Staff and AFP
Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari poses for a photo at his office in Tel Aviv, Thursday, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 23, 2024, 7:02 pm
What’s information? Yuval Noah Harari gives answer in new book
Israeli author brings historical context to the modern age of information overload in book set to hit shelves in September
By Hillel Italie
Ilan Evyatar (left) and Yonah Jeremy Bob (right) are the authors of 'Target Tehran.' (Courtesy)
December 13, 2023, 1:09 am
Israel’s (not-so) secret plan to prevent a nuclear Iran and create a new Middle East
For their new book ‘Target Tehran,’ Ilan Evyatar and Yonah Jeremy Bob interview spymasters, prime ministers and US officials on the shadowy means used to stop an existential threat
By JP O’ Malley
20 children's book authors were in Israel for the PJ Library 2023 Author Israel Adventure. (courtesy, Danielle Mehler)
May 16, 2023, 12:45 am
PJ Library authors discuss storytelling with Etgar Keret on Israel trip
20 Jewish writers traipse all over Israel during eight-day visit sponsored by non-profit Jewish book organization
By Jessica Steinberg
Friends and family mourn renowned author Meir Sahlev at his funeral in Nahalal cemetery, northern Israel, April 14, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
April 14, 2023, 12:48 pm
‘A decisive voice that will be sorely missed’: Author Meir Shalev laid to rest
Mourners honor writer with wreaths of wildflowers; daughter Zohar Shalev describes father as a ‘pragmatic man’ who courageously accepted cancer diagnosis
By ToI Staff
Israeli poet and translator Meir Wieseltier in Tel Aviv in 2000. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
March 30, 2023, 10:35 pm
Israeli poet Meir Wieseltier dies at age 82
Prolific writer and translator was known for his overtly political works as well as his love poems, remembered as ‘one of the leaders of Hebrew poetry’
By ToI Staff
Yosef Halper, who used the pen name J.C. Halper in a nod to his American-born name, shows off his first published book in his Tel Aviv store on July 6, 2022. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
August 26, 2022, 2:55 pm
Taking a page, iconic Tel Aviv bookseller releases his 1st original story collection
Yosef Halper has served English readers from his rough location on Allenby Street for 30 years. Now the street and some of its regulars feature in his new book ‘The Bibliomaniacs’
By Melanie Lidman
Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua. (Courtesy/ Rafaela Fahn Schoffman)
June 14, 2022, 9:43 am
A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli literary giant and ardent humanist, dies aged 85
Influential author, recipient of the Israel Prize and dozens of other awards, was also known as a sharp-tongued polemicist and staunch Zionist
By Mitch Ginsburg
Author Omer Friedlander and his new book, 'The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land.' (Yam Traiber)
April 13, 2022, 5:57 pm
Israeli writer brings his homeland to life in new English story collection
27-year-old debut author Omer Friedlander, now living in New York, paints vivid pictures of characters, tales and times gone by in ‘The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land’
By Amy Spiro
Former MK and Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren speaks during a segment of Behind the Headlines, May 30, 2021. (Times of Israel)
June 1, 2021, 4:29 pm
Michael Oren is an open book: Join ToI Community for Q&A with former diplomat
In a special Behind the Headlines for Community members, the author, historian, ex-MK and former envoy to the US talks about his true calling and the challenges facing Jews today
By ToI Staff
Yaniv Iczkovits, author of 'The Slaughterman's Daughter.' (Photo by Eric Sultan)
May 16, 2021, 5:48 am
Israeli Wingate prizewinner’s novel brings female empowerment to the shtetl
Set in a 19th-century Pale of Settlement, Yaniv Iczkovits’s ‘The Slaughterman’s Daughter’ sees a woman trained to perform a job reserved for men bring her sister justice
By Anne Joseph
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