Forthcoming:

What Makes an Apple?
Six Conversations about Writing, Love, Guilt, and Other Pleasures
by Amos Oz with Shira Hadad
A series of conversations between the great Amos Oz and his editor, Shira Hadad, conducted shortly before his death. In addition to personal stories and recollections from his eventful life, Oz offers his insights on love, relationships, and the writing life.
Princeton University Press, 2022

World Shadow
by Nir Baram
The personal is political to the n'th degree in this sweeping roller-coaster of a novel, which follows small people caught up in big moments in Israel, the UK and the US, with stops in Bolivia, the Congo, and many other parts of the world. Cynical political operatives based in the US, idealist-cum-anarchist kids in London, and a well-meaning but ultimately ineffectual young Israeli trying to get ahead in the "peace industry" -- these are the main characters of the three parallel yet intertwining narratives, in a page-turning read that combines political astuteness with a painful depiction of human weakness. The novel is both a product, and a biting critique, of globalization.
Text Publishing, 2022

Conviction
by D. A. Mishani
Inspector Avraham Avraham is back with two intersecting cases that take him to Paris, and deep into the minds of his suspects. The long-awaited fourth installment in Mishani's award-winning detective series.
riverrun, 2022
Published Books:

At Night's End
by Nir Baram
The story of a profound friendship that begins in childhood and follows the intertwining paths of two men. A compassionate and personal novel of a life lived in literature, and a life lived after loss. Above all, it is a universal story of family and love; of friendship and understanding; and of the power of memory and imagination.
Text Publishing, 2021

More Than I Love My life
by David Grossman
Three generations of strong but scarred women take a journey through their shared family history, in an attempt to understand -- though with little hope of healing -- their individual trauma and its historical background. Based on a true story, this is a moving and often harrowing exploration of motherhood, love, guilt, and personal and political strife. (Translation of the Hebrew אתי החיים משחק הרבה from 2019)
Knopf, 2021

Three
by D. A. Mishani
A chilling psychological thriller about three very different women who are connected to each other through their relationships with a deceptively quiet man. Mishani is Israel's finest crime and detective novelist, and this creepy novel will send chills down your spine!
riverrun, 2020

Selected Plays I, II, III
by Hanoch Levin
A three-part anthology of plays by the late Hanoch Levin, arguably Israel's greatest playwright. This comprehensive collection provides an informative introduction and features plays from Levin's extensive oeuvre. Ranging from the farcical to the political, many of these works defy simple classifications such as "tragedy" or "comedy."
Co-translated with Evan Fallenberg, and with additional translations by Leland Frankel, Lee Nishri and Naaman Tammuz
Oberon Books, 2020

The Drive
by Yair Assulin
This searing novel tells of a young Israeli soldier at the breaking point, unable to continue his military service, yet terrified of the consequences of leaving the army. As his father drives him to meet with a military psychiatrist, their journey is not just that of a young man facing a crucial dilemma, but one that explores the soul of Israeli society and of anyone who resists regimentation and violence.
New Vessel Press, 2020

Further Up The Path
by Daniel Oz
This collection of 86 "flash fables" shows just how much thought, humor, mystery and sheer beauty can be packed into the briefest of tales. Primarily known as a poet, the author shows a virtuosic command of langauge and form, and a profoundly satisfying blend of the cerebral and the emotional.
BOA Editions, 2019

Fly Already
by Etgar Keret
(co-translator)
Three stories in my translation are included in the latest collection from the inimitable short-short story writer Etgar Keret. His extraordinary imagination and humor, as well as an unceasing exploration of what it means to be a social creature in this strange world, are on full display here.
Riverhead Books, 2019

And the Bride Closed the Door
by Ronit Matalon
Published shortly before the author's untimely death, this novella takes place on the day of a planned wedding, with the bride shut in her room refusing to emerge. The somewhat farcical family drama that ensues cannot conceal the underlying tragedy of a young woman who has felt trapped long before barricading herself in her room.
New Vessel Press, 2019

Dear Zealots: Letters From a Divided Land
by Amos Oz
One of Israel's most beloved authors, and a long-time advocate of dialogue and tolerance, offers a heartfelt plea for greater human understanding, in Israel and elsewhere. This concise collection includes three essays on the dangers of extremism and the possible ways to curtail it.
(Translation of the Hebrew שלום לקנאים from 2017)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018

The Diamond Setter
by Moshe Sakal
This beautiful novel follows the trail of a mysterious diamond that once belonged to European royalty and ended up in the hands of a young Jewish singer in Damascus. It plays a part in a love triangle between a Jewish couple from Syria and a Muslim woman from Jaffa, then makes its way to Israel. After being robbed from a Tel Aviv jewelry shop, it resurfaces in the pocket of a young Syrian who sneaks across the border into Israel. Love stories and family intrigues, along with questions of homeland and belonging, intertwine in this fascinating story. (Translation of the Hebrew הצורף from 2014)
Other Press, 2018

All the Rivers
by Dorit Rabinyan
A sweeping affair between a Jewish Israeli woman and a Palestinian man in New York, far from the fraught impossibilities of love in their homelands. Political realities and cultural chasms are always in the background of this beautiful novel, but at heart it is an intimate, touching, and ultimately tragic love story. (Translation of the Hebrew גדר חיה from 2014)
Random House, 2017

A Land Without Borders
by Nir Baram
The impressions of a young novelist and journalist from a year spent in West Bank and East Jerusalem communities. Interviews with settlers, Palestinians, public figures and ordinary people, alongside his own perspective on the current situation and prospects for a future resolution. A disheartening but important read, as Israel approaches 50 years of occupation.
Text Publishing, 2017
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Long-listed for the JQ Wingate Prize, 2018

A Horse Walks into a Bar
by David Grossman
This short novel unfolds over the course of one final show by a stand-up comedian, one of Grossman’s most brilliant protagonists to date. Although the audience–and the readers–get plenty of laughs, there is an undercurrent of heartache and bitterness that grows more and more unavoidable as the comedian delves into the darkest recesses of his soul. (Translation of the Hebrew סוס אחד נכנס לבר from 2014)
Knopf, 2017
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Man Booker International Prize, 2017
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National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, 2017
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PEN Translation Prize Finalist, 2018

Isra Isle
by Nava Semel
A thought-provoking alternate history based on the true story of Mordecai Manuel Noah, who attempted to found an autonomous Jewish state on Grand Island, NY, in the early 19th century. (Translation of the Hebrew אישראל from 2005.)
Mandel Vilar Press, 2016

Falling Out of Time
by David Grossman
Written in a hybrid form that combines dramatic monologues, prose and poetry, this incredible book is Grossman’s painful attempt to understand the experience of losing a child. The characters, all bereaved parents, exist in a mythical time and place that allows a truly universal exploration of how human beings come to terms with death. (Translation of the Hebrew נופל מחוץ לזמן from 2011)
Knopf, 2014

The Property
by Rutu Modan
Winner of the 2014 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Novel
A graphic novel about the experiences of a young Israeli woman who takes an ill-conceived trip to Poland with her grandmother and uncovers some family secrets.
Drawn & Quarterly, 2013

To the End of the Land
by David Grossman
David Grossman’s sweeping yet intimate novel about a mother’s love for her son, and her harrowing experience while he serves in a military operation. Hailed as a masterpiece of Hebrew literature, this outstanding novel is featured on multiple “best of 2010” lists. (Translation of the Hebrew אשה בורחת מבשורה from 2008.)
Knopf, 2010
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National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, 2010
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Jewish Quarterly – Wingate Prize, 2011
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Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2010

Eden
by Yael Hedaya
Yael Hedaya was a lead writer of the Israeli television series “Be-Tipul,” which served as the basis for HBO’s “In Treatment.” Her second novel delves into the lives of five residents of an Israeli moshav. (Translation of the Hebrew עדן from 2005.)
Metropolitan Books, 2010

Writing in the Dark
by David Grossman
A collection of essays and talks in which David Grossman considers his evolution as a writer, why and how he writes, and his views on the Israel-Palestine conflict and the toll it takes on both peoples.
Farrar, Straus & Girous. 2008
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Finalist, PEN Center USA Literary Awards, 2015

The World a Moment Later
by Amir Gutfreund
An epic novel that traces imaginary and real events surrounding the establishment of the State of Israel. Gutfreund employs dark humor and creates memorably tragicomic characters. (Translation of the Hebrew העולם, קצת אחר כך from 2005.)
The Toby Press, 2008

1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East
by Tom Segev
Acclaimed historian Segev gives a detailed account and a fascinating analysis of the events leading up to Israel’s Six-Day War. (Translation of the Hebrew 1967: והארץ שינתה את פניה from 2005.)
Metropolitan Books, 2007

Our Holocaust
by Amir Gutfreund
Gutfreund’s debut novel introduced readers to his bleak sense of humor and wonderfully crafted characters. Two children try to make sense of the Holocaust in this extremely original take on one of Israeli society’s formative experiences. (Translation of the Hebrew שואה שלנו from 2000.)
The Toby Press, 2006
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Sami Rohr Choice Award, 2007

Accidents
by Yael Hedaya
Hedaya’s debut novel centers around two writers in 1990’s Tel Aviv, as they contend with love and loss, parenthood, and their own aging parents. Hedaya’s insights into the domestic details of these contemporary urban characters is unparalleled in Hebrew literature. (Translation of the Hebrew תאונות from 2001.)
Metropolitan Books, 2005

Her Body Knows
by David Grossman
Two intense novellas narrated in almost claustrophobic prose, exploring jealousy and destructive relationships. (Translation of the Hebrew בגוף אני מבינה from 2002.)
Farrar, Straus & Girous. 2005
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Koret Jewish Book Award for Fiction, 2006

Bliss
by Ronit Matalon
The tense friendship between two women is at the center of this extraordinary novel, told against the backdrop of the First Intifada. (Translation of the Hebrew שרה, שרה from 2000.)
Metropolitan Books, 2003
Available For Publication:

Stockholm
by Noa Yedlin
A best-selling dark comedy about a group of late-middle-aged professionals who try to keep their friend's death a secret, hoping he will soon be announced a Nobel Prize winner.
(Translation of the Hebrew שטוקהולם from 2016)
complete translation available for publication

Scorpion Dance
by Shifra Horn
The story of a young man’s love for the woman who raised him, whose secrets and true identity he learns only after her death. His memories of their complicated relationship are revived when he falls in love with a young opera singer from Germany, who has come to live in Jerusalem to atone for her sense of historical responsibility.
(Translation of the Hebrew מחול העקרבים from 2012)
complete translation available for publication

A Man Walks Home
by Yoram Eshet-Alkalay
A moving memoir of the author’s devastating experience in the Yom Kippur War (1973) and his remarkable rehabilitation journey. (Translation of the Hebrew אדם הולך הביתה from 2010.)
complete translation available for publication
Published Short Works:
Stories, Screenplays, Essays & Poetry
"Gravity" / Etgar Keret
The New Yorker, September 2, 2021
"My Palestinian Diaspora" / Sayed Kashua
New York Review of Books, August 7, 2021
"The Hebrew Teacher" / Maya Arad
Curated (Dibur Literary Journal), September, 2020
"Director's Cut" / Etgar Keret
The New Yorker, July 9, 2020
"Outside" / Etgar Keret
New York Times Sunday Magazine, July 12, 2020
"Eating Olives at the End of the World" / Etgar Keret
NYR Daily, April 12, 2020
"The Ramshackle House" / Ronit Matalon
Dibur Literary Journal, Issue 7, Winter 2020
"Architect" / Boaz Izraeli
Two Lines 31, Fall 2019
"The Greatest Liar in the World" / Etgar Keret
Literary Hub, September 6, 2019
"Pineapple Crush" / Etgar Keret
Electric Literature, September 2019
Our Lady of Kazan (excerpt) / Maya Arad
Paper Brigade, Vol. 3, 2019
"De Beauvoir and Sartre on the Kibbutz" / Moshe Sakal
World Literature Today, July 2018
Earthwork (excerpt) / Liran Golod
Bellingham Review, Spring 2018
"Infertility" / Yael Ne'eman
Epiphany Magazine, Spring/Summer 2017
(winner of Epiphany's fiction-in-translation contest)
"Instructions for Eating Granny Ora's Kibbeh" / Moshe Sakal
Words Without Borders, May 2017
"Hedgehogs" (excerpt) / Liran Golod
The Literary Review, Fall 2016 Vol. 59/No. 04
Three Flash Fables / Daniel Oz
Bodega Magazine, November 2016
"A Brief History of Death" / Nir Baram
The New Yorker: Page-Turner, November 7, 2016
"Hating Myself for Fearing Hate" / Sayed Kashua
New York Times Opinion Pages, October 31, 2016
"Arctic Lizard" / Etgar Keret
BuzzFeed, October 27, 2016
"Back to School, in a New Country" / Sayed Kashua
New York Times Sunday Review, September 2, 2016
A selection of flash fables / Daniel Oz
Poetry International, August 8, 2016
Seven Flash Fables / Daniel Oz
Denver Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2016
“I’m Not Anti-Israel, I’m Ambi-Israel” / Etgar Keret
New York Times Opinion Pages, June 24, 2016
“Guests” / Yael Neeman
The Chattahoochee Review, Spring 2016
"Rock, Paper" (excerpt) / Tomer Gardi
World Literature Today, April 2015
"Nine Fictions" / Daniel Oz
World Literature Today, April 2015
"Mosquito" / Roy Chen
World Literature Today, April 2015
"Master of the Short Story" / Maya Arad
World Literature Today, April 2015
"Readers' Reports" / Yael Ne'eman
World Literature Today, April 2015
"A Tale That Might Have Been Told by Rumi" / Daniel Oz
Flash Fiction Magazine, February 9, 2015
“An Israel Without Illusions” / David Grossman
New York Times Opinion Pages, July 27, 2014
“Sometimes ‘Nazi’ Is the Right Word” / Etgar Keret
New York Times Opinion Pages, January 17, 2014
“Omsk” / Maya Arad
JewishFiction.net, April 2013
“Trieste” / Amir Gutfreund
JewishFiction.net, April 2013
Seven Stories / Alex Epstein
Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, Vol. 6, No.1, Oct. 2012
“The Throne” / Youval Shimoni
Denver Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2012
“A Mustache for My Son” / Etgar Keret
New York Times Sunday Magazine – February 26, 2012
“Bemusement Park” / Etgar Keret
Tablet Magazine, November 22, 2011
“Israel’s Streets of Hope Can Reclaim Nation” / Etgar Keret
Financial Times – August 8, 2011 (only registered users can view article)
“Runner” / David Grossman
Jewish Quarterly (Summer 2011)
“Time Capsule” / Assaf Gavron
Magazine of the German Federal Cultural Foundation (Spring/Summer 2011)
“The Congress” / Ari Folman
Screenplay (2013)
“Tel Aviv Broadcast” / Etgar Keret
New York Times Sunday Magazine – February 18, 2011
“Lies We Tell” / Etgar Keret
Tablet Magazine – February 18, 2011
Excerpt from The Life of Elyakum / Benjamin Tammuz
Foreign Policy, May 2010 (special translation project)
“How Old is the Queen of England?” / Agur Schiff
Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature, September 2009 (short story)
“There’s Lots to See” / Agur Schiff
Two Lines XV, Spring 2008 (short story)
“Blessed are the Merciful, For They Shall Obtain Mercy” / Agur Schiff
Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, November 2007 (short story)
“Shadow Play” / Amir Gutfreund
Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, May 2007 (short story)
“Protection” / Moshe Ron
Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, January 2007 (short story)
“The Eternal Invalid and the Beloved” / Hanoch Levin
Words Without Borders, December 2006 (novella)
The Other Israel: Voices of Refusal and Dissent / Roane Carey & Jonathan Shainin, Eds.
The New Press, 2002 (introduction and essay)
Three poems / Yehonatan Geffen
Beacons 6, The American Literary Translators Association, Winter 2000 (poetry)