Literature

Italian author Erri De Luca to take part in International Writers Festival in Jerusalem

The festival, held with the support of the Jerusalem Foundation, will bring together prize-winning writers from around the world with leading Israeli authors, poets, journalists, and artists.

ITALIAN AUTHOR Erri De Luca.
PALLBEARERS FROM the Israel Police prepare to carry Ran Gvili’s casket.

'Last Letters from Heroes of the October 7th War': Nobody taught them how to do this - review

FEDAYEEN OF the PFLP in mountains east of the Jordan River, early 1969. They carry Soviet and Egyptian weapons.

'The Arab Case for Israel': Explaining the conflict between Jews and Arabs - review

A woman holds a picture of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026

Khamenei’s elimination: Will assassination become the norm for regime change? - opinion


National Library of Argentina showcases Borges’ love for Israel and Judaism

German Alvarez, Investigator of the Borgean funds recovery program, Prof. Ruth Fain, head of the department Latin American studies, the HebreU, Eyal Sela, Ambassador of Israel to Argentina, Laura Rosarto, Investigator of the Borgean funds recovery program, Amital Perry, head of public diplomacy

Int'l Winnie the Pooh Day: How do stuffed toys aid early development?

Winnie the Pooh Day is celebrated every year on January 18, the birthday of the British author A.A. Milne (1882-1956), who wrote the book.

 Pooh with Tigger and Eeyore at the Shanghai Disney Resort in 2019.

Jewish American poet Naomi Replansky dies at 104

Replansky was described as "an intensely political poet, appalled by the cruelty, greed, and corruption of the masters of nations and corporations."

 Books (illustrative)

Book lovers rejoice: New app offers 600,000 books to read, listen to

The platform allows book lovers to consume them on the way to work, on vacation, during sports or at home, and enjoy a wide range of unlimited books for the price of one book.

Oodles of reading material at an old bookstore in Safed

Madrid pays tribute to late Israeli writer Amos Oz

A tribute to late Israeli writer Amos Oz

Roy Chen marks translation of latest work into Italian with visit to Italy

  Roy Chen

Isaac Bashevis Singer's 'Gimpel the Fool': The Jewish Don Quixote

The story of Gimpel, published after WWII, constitutes the repudiation of Yiddish poet Jacob Glatstein’s understandable response to the Holocaust.

 Isaac Bashevis Singer in 1969. He died in 1991 at the age of 87. (Dan Hadani collection, National Library of Israel)

Anthology of Israeli plays published in Moscow

 Presenting the Antology at the book fair With Yana Kotlyar-Gal the Israeli cultural attache

The Israeli Institute for Hebrew Literature, one of Israel’s best cultural ambassadors

 Photos from the book fair in Frankfurt 2021

Award-winning French writer Philippe Besson bares his soul at this year’s Tmuna Theater Festival

Besson seems to have few qualms about airing intimate details of his life in public, through his books, plays based on them, and on discussion panels.

 PHILIPPE BESSON: ‘Looking back, I think I write to talk to people who have died, to repair the injustice of their absence.’