Host Marcela Sulak reads excerpts from S.Y. Agnon’s story “The Tale of Little Rabbi Gadiel,” a bizarre account of Jewish blood libel occurring around Passover.

Israel in Translation host Marcela Sulak’s daughter Amalia dishes out some reading recommendations to her fellow younger lovers of literature.

Marcela reads two poems by Israeli poet Almog Behar, called “Take this poem and copy it” and “A Poem for the Jailhouse Prisoners” in preparation for Passover.

Marcela reads from Nobel Prize winner S.Y. Agnon’s story “The Father of the Ox,” about the origins of Abu Tor in Jerusalem.

Author and poet Hagit Grossman’s collection contains intimate portraits of city inhabitants, particularly women.

Marcela reads work by Raquel Chalfi, noting her work’s effortless infusion of objects with motion and contrast between the ephemeral and eternal.