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Get acquainted with Israeli authors whose works are translated into English.

Sometimes the setting for a book is in Israel - an interesting way to "see'' the country. Other times the books deal with aspects of Jewish life in other countries - a "novel'' way to learn more about the Jewish people around the world.


		The works of author and actress Alona Kimchi are award-winners. Read about her latest collecton of short stories.

		As with so many of Israel's authors, Haim Lapid's professional interests are multi-faceted.

		@The Source Israel interviews Yehoshua Kenaz.

		Review of Housebroken by Yael Hedaya.

		Review of The Loves of Judith by Meir Shalev.

		Amnon Rubinstein traces the history of the tensions that challenge the Zionist goal.

		Born in 1888, author Yitzhaq Shami spoke Ladino with his mother and Arabic with his father.

		Israeli Poets Speak to America of Life and Home is a collection of poems by Israeli poets.

		Native Minnesotan and Jerusalem-resident for over 30 years, travel writer Aviva Bar-Am explores Israel.

		Retired educators, Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman speak with @The Source Israel about Synagogues Without Jews.

		Prof. Eliezer Jaffe, a pioneer in the management of non-profit organizations in Israel explains how to Give Wisely.

		Meet Batya Gur, author of a series of detective novels.

		Media relations specialist Shifra Horn writes fiction and non-fiction.

		First-time novelist, Dorit Rabinyan, was born in Kfar Saba, and currently lives in Tel Aviv.

		@The Source Israel hears author Amos Oz on tour

		Written in 1945, but just translated into English, Only Yesterday is a masterpiece novel by Israeli Nobel Laureate, S.Y. Agnon.

		Israeli-born Ronit Matalon brings us into the lives of a Jewish-Egyptian family in the 1950s.

		Award-winning author, poet, and director, Michal Govrin speaks from an ethnic and feminist perspective.

		Tom Segev is one of Israel's best-known journalists and leading historians.

		Meir Shalev is one of Israel's most celebrated young novelists.

		David Grossman is one of Israel's leading writers.

		An intriguing mix of the East and West, Hungarian-born Yoel Hoffmann spent two years in a Buddhist monastery and earned his doctorate in Japan.


		One of Israel's leading actresses, Gila Almagor is also a highly acclaimed author.

		Award-winning Israeli author, Uri Orlev, was born Jerzy Henryk Orlowski in Warsaw, Poland. As a small child, he survived the war years in the ghetto in Poland and eventually made his way to Israel. His books are often autobiographical.

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