For the first time, female Israeli authors outpaced males in publishing in 2021
Just over half of books published, 52%, were credited to female authors, giving them a majority for the first time since the library began collecting statistics.
Lihi Lapid, wife of opposition leader and Chairman of Israel's Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid, attends the funeral of Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan at the Habima Theatre in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, May 31, 2021.(photo credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)ByMADELINE FIXLER/JTA
