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    Smoke in the Air

    In the ‘cosmic and frightening’ Sapir Prize-winning The Ruined House, by Israeli expatriate Ruby Namdar, the secular modern world and the ancient divine mysteries coexist

    byAdam Kirsch
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    Must Hebrew Literature Live Only in Israel?

    Why Israel’s most prestigious book award just shut out Hebrew writers who live outside the Jewish State

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Reuven Namdar in New York City on November 11, 2014. (Photo by the author)
    Reuven Namdar in New York City on November 11, 2014. (Photo by the author)
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    Reuven Namdar Wins Israel’s Sapir Prize

    First time the literary honor has been awarded to a non-Israel resident

    byBeth Kissileff
  • Tuvia Ruebner on April 17, 2014.(Mel Freilich)
    Tuvia Ruebner on April 17, 2014.(Mel Freilich)
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    Tuvia Ruebner Never Stops Mourning the Lost

    New English translations of the 90-year-old’s Israel Prize-winning work remind us why he’s the doyen of postwar poets

    byToby Perl Freilich
  • Actor Jeff Goldblum, producer Ehud Bleiberg, screenwriter Noah Stollman and novelist Yoram Kaniuk speak at the 2008 AFI Fest premiere of 'Adam Resurrected' Q&A on November 8, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Michael Buckner/Getty Images for AFI)
    Actor Jeff Goldblum, producer Ehud Bleiberg, screenwriter Noah Stollman and novelist Yoram Kaniuk speak at the 2008 AFI Fest premiere of 'Adam Resurrected' Q&A on November 8, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Michael Buckner/Getty Images for AFI)
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    Remembering Israeli Author Yoram Kaniuk

    The 83-year-old novelist died of bone marrow cancer Saturday

    byTal Kra-Oz
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    Yoram Kaniuk Wins Sapir Prize For Literature

    Billie Holiday kissed and hated the Tablet contributor

    byDan Klein
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