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Wieseneck Symposium

Hebrew Literature Today: 
Israeli and Global Perspectives
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his year’
s Gayle & Larry 
Wieseneck Israel Symposium 
will host four prominent 
writers from Israel. On Jan. 17 in 
the Rackham Assembly Hall at the 
University of Michigan, the high-
ly acclaimed writers Maya Arad, 
Ruby Namdar and Moshe Sakal, 
and the prize-winning poet, trans-
lator and editor Dory Manor will 
travel to Ann Arbor to participate 
in the symposium, titled “Hebrew 
Literature Today: Israeli and Global 
Perspectives.” 
These writers stand at the forefront 
of contemporary Hebrew literature 
in Israel and the U.S. and will be in 
conversation with U-M scholars and 
students. Supported by the Gayle & 
Larry Wieseneck Israel Symposium 
Fund, the Frankel Center has been 
hosting an annual symposium on a 
topic related to Israel since 2013.
Maya Arad received her Ph.D. in 
linguistics from the University of 
London and is a lecturer at the Taube 
Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford 
University. She has written several 
novels, including best-sellers Seven 
Moral Failings and her first novel, 
Another Place, a Foreign City, which 
was written in rhyme and won the 
Ministry of Education and Culture 
award. It was also adapted into a play 
at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv. 
Her most recent book, The Hebrew 
Teacher (2018), is composed of three 
interrelated novellas about Israelis in 
the U.S.
Ruby Namdar is a writer and 
educator from Jerusalem who lives 
and work in New York City. His first 
novel, Haviv, also won a Ministry 
of Culture’
s Award for Best First 
Publication. His most recent novel, 
The Ruined House, was recently 
translated into French and English 
(Harper Collins). The ambitious 
book was heralded as a masterpiece 
of modern religious literature and 
received the Sapir Prize, Israel’
s most 
prestigious literary award.
Moshe Sakal is a writer, editor and 
essayist, who was born in Israel to 
families from Egypt and Syria. He 
has written five highly acclaimed 
Hebrew novels that were translated 

into several languages. His novel The 
Diamond Setter was translated into 
English in 2018 by Man Booker Prize 
Winner Jessica Cohen. Sakal’
s novel 
Yolanda, which is being translated to 
English as well, was short-listed for 
the Sapir Prize. He has contributed 
to many publications, including The 
Forward, Salon and Haaretz.
Dory Manor is among Israel’
s 
most important poets and transla-
tors. He won numerous awards for 
his poetry, most recently received 
the Yehuda Amichai prize, as well 
as Tchernichovsky Prize for best 
translations of world masterpieces. 
He founded Oh! in 2005 and is the 
literary magazine’
s editor. In 2017, 
he received his Ph.D. in translation 
studies and comparative literature 
from the University of Paris. Manor 
also co-hosted a popular radio show 
that includes music and literature.
In a wide-ranging conversation, 
these writers will discuss the mean-
ing of writing Hebrew today in 
Israel and around the world, and the 
contacts between Hebrew and other 
languages. They will consider the 
challenges of translation, editing and 
disseminating literature in a global 
context, as well as the political impli-
cations of Hebrew literature today. 
For times and other informa-
tion, visit https://lsa.umich.edu/
judaic/news-events/all-events.detail.
html/57436-14193506.html. ■

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