Israel in Translation

David Grossman’s echo of reality

April 22, 2015

Host Marcela Sulak reads from David Grossman’s novel ‘To The End Of The Land,’ which he began writing during his oldest son’s military service.

Maya Bejerano’s poetry lab – Israel in Translation

April 15, 2015

Host Marcela Sulak reads from Israeli poet Maya Bejerano’s poems “Data Processing 60” and “Data Processing 10.” Poetry, for Bejerano, is a laboratory.

Jewish Travel: A Passover Reading of Moses’ Personal Memoir

April 8, 2015 00:08:22

If Passover is the defining Jewish holiday, then Yehuda Amichai is Israel’s defining poet. Hear excerpts from Amichai’s retellings of the Pesach narrarive.

Mysticism, messianism, and divine music – Israel in Translation

April 1, 2015

Host Marcela Sulak reads from David Grossman’s novel ‘To The End Of The Land,’ which he began writing during his oldest son’s military service.

The she-fox under the thornbush – Israel in Translation

March 18, 2015

Host Marcela Sulak introduces us to the poetry of Esther Raab, which is full of unconventional female characters, bold color, and idiosyncratic punctuation.

Verses from a Christian Arab village on the frontier – Israel in Translation

March 11, 2015

Host Marcela Sulak takes us to the Christian Arab village of Fassuta, on the north-western slope of Mount Meron, to discover the work of Nidaa Khoury.

Without shadows, the desert flames – Israel in Translation

February 25, 2015

Poet Avraham Sutzkever was born in 1913 in today’s Belarus. The New York Times called him “The Greatest Poet of the Holocaust.”

An inexpugnable first impression – Israel in Translation

February 18, 2015

Host Marcela Sulak reads from one of her favorite short stories in the ‘Tel Aviv Noir’ anthology – ‘Women,’ written by Matan Hermoni.

A Tel Aviv beach in winter – Israel in Translation

February 11, 2015

There’s still time to visit a Tel Aviv beach this winter. To get you in the mood host Marcela Sulak reads Rachel Chalifi’s poem ‘Tel Aviv Beach Winter ’74.’

Songs of Sderot – Israel in Translation

February 4, 2015 00:10:30

Born in Sderot, the ‘bomb shelter capital of the world,’ to parents of Moroccan origin, Shimon Adaf has written five novels and three collections of poetry.