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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Meir Shalev

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
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
Author Meir Shalev speaks at the annual International Writer's Festival in Jerusalem. May 14, 2012. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 14, 2023, 12:47 pm
To translate Meir Shalev was to walk with care, on a path of melody and meaning
The translator of Shalev’s illustrated memoir, ‘My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer’s Eden,’ on his love of the Hebrew language and of the soil from which it grew
By Joanna Chen
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)
April 11, 2023, 5:53 pm
Meir Shalev, beloved writer of fiction and complicated Israeli lives, dies at 74
Renowned author of fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, melded Biblical narratives with modern Israeli life; Herzog: His books changed and enriched us
By Jessica Steinberg
Shira Haas and Yoav Rotman in 'Esau' (Courtesy of GVN Releasing and AEC/Distribution Solutions via JTA)
October 28, 2020, 10:26 pm
Trailer drops for ‘Esau’ flick, based on Meir Shalev novel
English-language film shot in Israel, starring Shira Haas and Harvey Keitel, will be available for streaming from December 1; based loosely on biblical story
By Gabe Friedman
Pianist Shlomi Shaban participated in Beit Avi Chai's comprehensive content for the 5781 High Holidays (Courtesy Lior Keter)
September 18, 2020, 12:38 pm
High Holiday content goes online for the Jewish New Year
Musicians and rabbis, chefs and writers take on questions of spirituality and knock on the gates of heaven with Jerusalem cultural center Beit Avi Chai
By Jessica Steinberg
'Rock star' writer Meir Shalev at 2012 International Writer's Festival in Jerusalem (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
April 7, 2020, 1:37 pm
Locked down? Open up to… Meir Shalev
In the first in a series of articles aimed to widen cultural horizons within our virus-narrowed constraints, Mitch Ginsburg extols Meir Shalev’s new memoir as a breath of fresh air
By Mitch Ginsburg
Acclaimed author Etgar Keret at the award ceremony for the 2019 Sapir Prize, Israel's equivalent of the Man Booker Prize, for his latest collection of short stories, 'A Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy' Shuka Cohen)
January 22, 2019, 11:52 pm
Flash fiction master Etgar Keret snags Israel’s top literary award
Acclaimed author of absurdist short stories wins Sapir Prize for collection, ‘A Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy’
By Jessica Steinberg
Harvey Keitel, who will star in a film adaptation of the Meir Shalev novel, 'Esau,' here with his wife, Daphna Kastner, whom he secretly married in Israel during the Haifa International Film Festival (David Shankbone/CC BY 3.0)
April 4, 2018, 5:14 pm
Harvey Keitel to star in film version of Meir Shalev’s ‘Esau’
The cast of the modernized biblical tale includes Lior Ashkenazi, Mark Ivanir and Gila Almagor
By Jessica Steinberg
A visitor at a previous Jerusalem International Book Fair, which is held every two years (Courtesy Dudi Saad)
June 7, 2017, 9:16 am
Top authors to descend on capital for book fair
Meir Shalev, A.B. Yehoshua and international writers to be on hand as International Book Fair joins forces with Hebrew Book Week from June 11-15
By Jessica Steinberg
Agriculture and art merge for a two-day fair at the Tel Aviv Port, showcasing products from the Modiin area. (Courtesy Eldad Maestro)
May 17, 2017, 8:34 am
Spring time is festival time in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv
From nighttime food tours and a rave party in the capital, to urban design and philosophy debates in the White City, anything goes in the month of May
By Jessica Steinberg
Writing and reading children's books is a global pastime, but Israeli authors seem to have cornered the market on ensuring they write adult and children's fiction. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
May 31, 2013, 11:14 am
Local writers love nothing more than spinning a story
David Grossman, Meir Shalev, Dov Elbaum and Liad Shoham talk about why they keep on writing children’s books
By Jessica Steinberg
Herding the goats toward cheesemaking (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash 90)
May 25, 2012, 6:02 am
Shavuot whites: From tees and straw hats to biblical tomes and treats
The top five picks for holiday-related items
By Jessica Steinberg
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