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Jewish writer barred from London group over Zionist beliefs, UKLFI warns of Equality Act breach

Although UKLFI warned the venue directors that canceling the event could also constitute unlawful discrimination, directors Marion Zoelle and Uroš Dežutelj rejected the accusations.

OCTOBER 13, 2026|ByALEX CARSON

Rochelle Furstenberg at work at WholeFamily.com where she was Grandparent Center editor, 1999-2000.

Remembering Rochelle Furstenberg: A groundbreaking writer, editor, and literary critic

Rochelle grew up in Chicago, and later moved to New York to continue her studies. Her husband, Prof. Hillel Furstenberg, was born in Berlin and escaped with his family to New York in 1939.

OCTOBER 11, 2026|ByTOBY KLEIN GREENWALD

Portrait of Yehuda Atlas, children's book writer. December 03, 2012.

Poet, author Yehuda Atlas passed away at age 89, Sourasky Medical Center announces

"In his life, he acted and worked for people out of emotion and a desire to help," said the hospital when announcing Atlas's passing.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

What Tisha B’Av can teach about the silencing, and creative defiance, of Jewish writers - opinion

Our writers and artists create out of the conviction that we must do justice to our suffering, to our losses. That we must create a future for which we have already sacrificed so much.

JULY 23, 2026|ByWILLIAM KOLBRENER

“The liar and the city” is featured in the 2023 Thessaloniki Book Fair

JULY 20, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM

The ultimate test: WGA's fight against AI - opinion

AI is a wondrous and magnificent beast, and Western society will inevitably be tempted to ride it. However, without proper controls, it can turn and bite.

JULY 6, 2023ByOMRI MARCUS

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS and the involvement of non-commercial entities should guide the integration of AI, to ensure that human workers remain integral to the creative ecosystem, says the writer

'Differently': Israeli short stories that take a different perspective - review

Avner Lahav: “My short stories are experiments in addressing reality; therefore, each story is in a different style, a parable. I don’t approach reality head-on but go around it.”

JUNE 17, 2023BySHULA KOPF

Becoming a Jerusalem-based food writer

When I was doing the walks in Mahaneh Yehuda, the vendors started calling me “The shuk lady,” so I have on my computer my unfinished cookbook titled The Shuk Lady Cooks.

JUNE 3, 2023BySYBIL KAPLAN

Celebrating Cynthia Ozick, illustrious Jewish-American novelist - opinion

I want to celebrate Cynthia Ozick as a penetrating critic of contemporary society and its attitudes to Jews and Israel.

MAY 11, 2023ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

THE WRITER visits Cynthia Ozick at her home, in 2016.

Jennifer Egan talks tech, freedom at Jerusalem Writers Festival

The author of a body of work that includes A Visit from the Goon Squad, Manhattan Beach and The Candy House, sat down at the Jerusalem Writers Festival.

MAY 9, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN

JENNIFER EGAN at the Jerusalem Writers Festival.

Polish writer talks Hebrew translation of his book at J'lm Writers' Fest

Szczepan Twardoch, one of Poland's most popular writers, will discuss the Hebrew translation of his Polish novel The Jewish King of Warsaw, aka The King.

MAY 6, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS