Amos Oz

A Translator’s Masterpiece
Hillel Halkin’s lifetime of thinking about language, Zionism, and writing pays rich dividends in his ‘indispensable’ new collection of essays devoted to the writers who created modern Hebrew literature out of nothing
byAdam Kirsch
A Q&A With Dorit Rabinyan, the Wonder Woman of New Israeli Lit
In a landscape vacated of the two literary giants Aharon Appelfeld and Amos Oz, Israeli fiction ushers in the rise of a new generation of women writers. The author of ‘All the Rivers’ talks about sabras in New York, American Jewry’s allure, and learning to listen for the perfect watermelon.
byDavid Samuels
Ofra, the Mayflower of the Settlements
The author of ‘The Hilltop’ revisits the lands and people Amos Oz confronted in the early 1980s to see how far the West Bank settlements have come, and where they are headed
byAssaf Gavron
Free Palestine
A small act of resistance in the middle of Soho at lunchtime
byHoward Jacobson
A Tale of Love and Heartbreak
For Amos Oz, the real Israel was cherishable precisely because it was not a high ideal but a fact achieved only by labor and compromise
byAdam Kirsch
Amoz Oz Has Died at 79
The acclaimed Israeli writer and peace activist has passed away from cancer, his daughter announced on social media
byThe Scroll
Trump, Jerusalem, and the Jews
Was it cheap politics or historical concern and fellow-feeling that motivated the president to declare his allegiance to the millennial capital?
byBernard-Henri Lévy
David Grossman and Amos Oz Long-Listed for Man Booker International Prize
The Israeli authors were nominated for their novels A Horse Walks Into a Bar and Judas, respectively
byMiranda Cooper
She’s Just Not That Into You
Natalie Portman and Jonathan Safran Foer exchange emails
byRachel Shukert
The New York Jewish Film Festival Turns 25
Among the featured films is a documentary about the works of Chantal Akerman, Natalie Portman’s directorial debut, and a 20th anniversary screening of ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’
byBeth Kissileff
‘Censored Voices’ of the Six-Day War
Watch the exclusive premiere of the trailer for the award-winning documentary, featuring Israeli author Amoz Oz
byJonathan Zalman
Natalie Portman Adapts Amos Oz to the Screen
A dispatch from the Israeli premiere of ‘A Tale of Love and Darkness.’
byTal Kra-Oz
Tuvia Tenenbom Is a Weak, Insecure, Blustery Jew
‘Catch the Jew!’ is a shoddy, fantastical answer to Max Blumenthal’s ‘Goliath’
byDavid Mikics
Literary Festival Draws Crowds, Stirs Drama
This week’s International Writers Festival in Jerusalem
byTal Kra-Oz
No, Rowdy Settlers Aren’t Hebrew Neo-Nazis
Israeli author Amos Oz’s provocative public statement has a logical flaw
byLiel Leibovitz
National Jewish Book Award Winners Announced
Yossi Klein Halevi, Amos Oz, and Ari Shavit take home top 2013 honors
byStephanie Butnick
Happy Countries Are All Alike; Every Unhappy Country Is Unhappy in Its Own Way
In Zeruya Shalev’s fearless new ‘The Remains of Love,’ lives on a kibbutz stand as a parable of Israel
byAdam Kirsch
A.B. Yehoshua’s Many Ghosts
The writer’s new novel, ‘The Retrospective,’ is a surreal study of the contested sources of Israeli identity
byAdam Kirsch