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Remembering Rochelle Furstenberg: A groundbreaking writer, editor, and literary critic
Rochelle grew up in Chicago, and later moved to New York to continue her studies. Her husband, Prof. Hillel Furstenberg, was born in Berlin and escaped with his family to New York in 1939.
Poet, author Yehuda Atlas passed away at age 89, Sourasky Medical Center announces
What Tisha B’Av can teach about the silencing, and creative defiance, of Jewish writers - opinion
Winging it: Jerusalem writers festival lineup reveals a shifting cultural landscape
How Taffy Brodesser-Akner created a brand-new standard for feature-writing
#50: 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.
And the winner goes to...
2019 Ophir Award nominees named.
Poetry: a neglected art?
It is known that there is a dearth of publishing opportunities for English-language writers in Israel.
Best-selling novelist Judith Krantz dies at 91
Krantz is the third-largest-selling female novelist in history.
Paris-based Blackpills opens office in Tel Aviv
A common struggle for writers and producers in the Israel scene is a lack of budget and opportunity. With just a handful of broadcasters, artists feel this town just ain’t big enough.
Yehoshua’s appeal
Yehoshua, 82, dubbed “the Israeli Faulkner” by The New York Times, is a prolific author of novels, short stories, plays and essays.
Chat with Joyce Carol Oates: Jerusalem Writers Festival
Joyce Carol Oates, who characterizes her upcoming appearance at the Mishkenot Sha’ananim Writers Festival as ‘a high point of my life as a writer – perhaps the high point’
![AMERICAN WRITER Joyce Carol Oates. In her upcoming acceptance of the Jerusalem Prize, she plans to note, ‘The Jerusalem Prize crystallizes these obligations [of a morally righteous society] for me even as it celebrates the enduring art of literature.’](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/439951 "AMERICAN WRITER Joyce Carol Oates. In her upcoming acceptance of the Jerusalem Prize, she plans to note, ‘The Jerusalem Prize crystallizes these obligations [of a morally righteous society] for me even as it celebrates the enduring art of literature.’")
9 writers who perfectly capture what it’s like for Jews of color
As a black Jewish writer, I obviously want to read books written by and highlighting the stories of Jews of color. That’s easier said than done, though.
A promise fulfilled
The movie opens in the 1960s with a weak framing device – the adult Gary (Pierre Niney) and his then-wife, writer Lesley Blanch (Catherine McCormack) – are in Mexico when he starts writing.
