The Hipster's Guide to East Jerusalem: Hidden Cafes, Chic Galleries and a Small Yet Strong Artist Community
A visit to the Palestinian side reveals a world few know – and provides plenty of room for optimism
Books
The Best North Korean Films and Books to Discover in 2017
The Democratic People’s Republic remains a mystery to most of the world, but there are ways of discovering more about this most secretive of states
Palestinian Rappers to Iranian Metalheads: Music as a Refuge in the Middle East
Orlando Crowcroft's 'Rock in a Hard Place' is compelling because you’re reading about people so passionate about their music, they’re willing to go to jail or risk a beating for it
Racism Comes Full Circle: America as the Harbinger of the Nazis’ Race Laws
Nazi sentiment was very much influenced by the American experience including the Jim Crow legislation in the South, Yale’s James Q. Whitman says in new book
Neither Sex nor Sedition: Israeli Army Censors What Soldiers in Jail Can Read
‘50 Shades of Grey’ and an anti-colonial study have been deemed unsuitable; officially, only books with racist or sexual content are banned
When the Israeli Occupation Meets a New York Moving Company
In Joshua Cohen’s new novel, two discharged Israeli soldiers join a moving firm and evict tenants as if they’re giving grief to Palestinians. The young American writer tells Haaretz about his complex relationship with Israel
Theater of the Absurd: The Jewish State vs. Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour
What is a poem, what is a translation and who is a translator: The trial of an Israeli from the Galilee exposes regrettable aspects of local culture
Arab Sci-fi Novel 'Frankenstein in Baghdad' Embodies All That's Evil in Modern-day Iraq
Featuring a creature made of terror victims' body parts, the novel is a ground-breaker in Arab literature that paints an authentic picture of a bleeding city
For the Nakba, There's No Need of an 'Expulsion Policy'
In contrast to what Benny Morris claimed, Adel Manna's 'Nakba and Survival' is an inspiring book, noteworthy for its methodical approach in presenting a credible, multifaceted history of the Palestinian tragedy of 1948
To Understand the Complexity of Jerusalem, Read This Book
In his carefully wrought and well-sourced book ‘Urshalim,’ Nir Hasson tells the story of a united but fractured city, melding scattered historical, political and religious details into a significant picture
Taking It on the Nose? A Fresh Look at Cartoon Jews and Anti-Semitism
Two new books, "The Implacable Urge to Defame" and "Diaspora Boy," explore the portrayal of Jews in caricatures as repulsive grotesques
Israelis Debate: Is It Okay for a Children’s Book to Say Sex Is Pleasurable?
The latest work by celebrated Israeli children's author Alona Frankel tells preschoolers how their parents do it. Israeli lawmakers are worried
Israel Had No 'Expulsion Policy' Against the Palestinians in 1948
The Palestinian refugee problem resulted from a Zionist master plan and ‘ethnic cleansing,’ historian Adel Manna incorrectly argues in his book ‘Nakba and Survival,’ where ‘slaughter’ and ‘expulsion’ appear on nearly every page
Review Naomi Klein's 'No Is Not Enough': An Urgent, but Outdated, Message for the Trump Era
To dismiss the new, the surprising, the unknown or the incomprehensible as an ideological diversion has always been one of the main flaws of dogmatic leftist thought
'The Fantasy That He Dies Is a Terrible Burden': The Women Who Regret Motherhood
Breaking a taboo, author Orna Donath asked mothers whether they would have children again if they could go back in time
Why the Jewish Question Had No Good Answer in 1929
French journalist Albert Londres' "The Wandering Jew Has Arrived" offers a unique glimpse, through the eyes of an outsider, of Jewish life at the brink of impending catastrophe
The Mystery of the Novelist Who Is Said to Have Predicted the Intifada in 1951
An uprising of cows is featured in the first Israeli dystopian novel. Only now has the author's tragic story come to light
Death Threats and Marriage Proposals: The Perils of Being a Female Muslim Journalist Covering Jihad
Souad Mekhennet's 'I Was Told to Come Alone' is a very personal memoir – which at times reads like a fast-paced thriller – that tracks the development of Islamist terror since 9/11
Yaa Gyasi on the Long Shadow of Slavery in America
Ghanaian-American writer Yaa Gyasi talks to Haaretz about what inspired her acclaimed debut novel, 'Homecoming,' in which two different worlds - 18th century Ghana and present day America – are linked by devastating exploitation
Jewish Fiction Fans, This Should Be Your Next Read
'The Worlds We Think We Know,' by author Dalia Rosenfeld, an immigrant to Israel and a writing instructor at Bar-Ilan University, feels at once familiar and strange, fathomable and mysterious
