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


Roald Dahl Museum installs plaque to acknowledge author's antisemitism

The famed children's book author had once famously said “Even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.”

Roald Dahl

It’s ‘Hanukkah in the summer’ as New Yorkers raid the Jewish Book Council’s shelves

Jewish Book Council’s annual “Raid the Shelves” event, which, for $25, allows members of the public to take home as many of the nonprofit’s spare books as they can carry.

 CHILDREN BROWSE books at the Cairo International Book Fair, with the participation of about 51 countries in the 54th edition of this fair, in Egypt, Jan. 31.

New program aims at fostering the art of Hebrew translation


Novel by Meir Shalev translated into Belarusian for the first time

 Meir Shalev

Placing children’s literature at the head of the class

SASA Setton is engaged in a range of activities to promote the creation of original Hebrew literature for children and increased Hebrew literacy throughout Israel.

 2022 Winners of SASA Setton Children’s literature prize with SASA Setton officials and then-culture and sport minister Chili Tropper.

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.

Book 521

A Missouri school district could ban ‘Maus,’ citing concerns about ‘explicit sexual material’

Over the past year, several other Jewish books have been caught up in purges across multiple states, including an illustrated adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary and more.

Cover of the book 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman

Swedish Iranian author, Iranian Israeli actor discuss challenges of diaspora identity

In a conversation with Charhi, Hashemzadeh Bonde discussed her family’s move from Iran to Sweden and the process of coming to terms with her multifaceted identity.

 (L-R) Author Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde and actor Liraz Charhi speak at the Jerusalem Writers Festival, May 10, 2023.

Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo takes center stage in Bulgaria

 Eshkol Nevo

This four-year-old Emirati boy is the world's youngest-ever author

At only 4 years and 218 days of age, Saeed Rashed al-Mheiri published his debut children's book, The Elephant Saeed and the Bear.

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