Prodigal Son
Oded Hirsch broke away from the kibbutz on which he grew up to become an artist in New York. In his latest work—a project staged with the help of 120 kibbutzniks—he reckons with the world he left behind.
A Cut Above
Orly Castel-Bloom’s Dolly City is the most important Israeli novel of the last four decades
Jews Are Longshots To Win Nobel, Booker
Doctorow and Oz have a chance; Jacobson remains underdog
Sundown: The Pope’s Jew
Plus, understanding through translation, the war on lox, and more
Bad-Sex Fiction Finalists Announced
Philip Roth and Amos Oz make list of year’s worst literary sex scenes




