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Omer Friedlander is the author of the short story collection "The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land." (Photo/Yam Traiber)
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Debut short-story collection by young Israeli writer is One Bay One Book choice 

by Sue Fishkoff August 25, 2022November 7, 2022

J.’s coverage of books is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund The short stories that make up Omer Friedlander’s “The Man Who Sold Air […]

Israeli author David Grossman speaking in Strasbourg, France, September 2014 (Photo/Wikimedia-Claude Truong-Ngoc CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Left-wing author David Grossman eulogizes settler teen murdered hugging his book

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by JTA and Cnaan Liphshiz August 9, 2019August 9, 2019
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s  debut novel “One Night, Markovitch” (2012) is worth your time.
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11 stellar Israeli novels that cry out to be read

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 10, 2018August 20, 2018

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