Israel in Translation

In his essay, “The Desire to be Gisella,” Grossman ponders the root of our fear of the “other” in ourselves and in those... Read more

This week, Marcela takes a step back from the literature itself to look at the language of the words we use. The idea of... Read more

In 2014, historian Fania Salzberger Oz, and her father, the late writer Amos Oz, paired up to write a book which is “a n... Read more

Set in a rural village prior to the creation of the state of Israel, The Blue Mountain describes a community of eastern ... Read more

On this episode, Marcela features the poems of a fascinating writer whose pen name was Avot Yeshurun. He published his f... Read more

Marcela shares the second installment of a three-part podcast on Ayalet Tsabari’s important and beautiful memoir, The Ar... Read more

On this episode, Marcela highlights The Lover, the first novel by A. B. Yehoshua, which he wrote in 1977. Yehoshua has b... Read more

Meir Shalev has been featured on two previous episodes. Four Meals is his third of eight novels. He’s also published 7 w... Read more

On this episode, Marcela revisits Batya Gur, who introduced the murder mystery into Hebrew literature. Gur’s highbrow my... Read more

This book catapulted Ari Shavit into the international spotlight. The book was a New York Times best seller and listed b... Read more