israel in translation

Translator Interview Series: Michael Kramer

Today, host Marcella Sulak interviews Michael Kramer, who has translated S. Y. Agnon’s “And The Crooked Shall Be Made Straight.”

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Love Beyond Boundaries: Anat Talshir’s “About the Night”

“About the Night” by Anat Talshir explores what happens to the relationship of a Christian Arab and an Israeli Jew when Jerusalem is portioned.

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Outside Looking In: Ya’ara Shehori’s “Aquarium”

Poet, writer, and editor Ya’ara Shehori has recently had part of her latest novel, “Aquarium,” translated into English by Maayan Eitan.

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New Beginnings: Poetry for the High Holidays

This year, host Marcela Sulak wraps up the 2017 high holiday season with a selection of poetry from various poets.

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“Swede Dreams” are Made of This

This past Shabbat was also Yom Kippur, which is the writer Etgar Keret’s favorite holiday. This week, host Marcela Sulak reads his piece, “Swede Dreams.”

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Special: Children’s Book Recommendations

Host Marcela Sulak’s daughter, Amalia, gives her top three children’s book recommendations for the holidays.

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Fear and Glory: Rosh Hashanah’s “Unetanneh Tokef”

Today’s episode is about the story behind the prayer we most usually associate with Rosh Hashanah, “Unetanneh Tokef.”

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Symbol and Struggle: Poetry from Eli Eliahu

Eli Eliahu has described his poetry as “a documentation of the struggle of the individual against” of “a very stressed, crowded, violent and noisy country.”

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From A to Z and Everything in Between: “Letters” Poetry

This week, host Marcela Sulak features Israeli poetry from the current issue of a special international journal based in Israel called “The Ilanot Review.”

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Humanity, Frail and Flawed: A Poem of Repentance

In the Jewish month of repentance, it seems a fitting time to read from Solomon Ibn Gabirol’s poem about human frailty and proclivity to sin.

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