A Jew in New York

Beit Avi Chai presents “A Jew in New York”: Works by American Jewish authors of the new generation.

With a sharp, creative pen, young Jewish authors are staking out a central place in the American literary landscape, expressing their Jewishness and their attitudes towards Israel as a relevant, vibrant, central theme in world literature.A fascinating encounter with the works of Nathan Englander (“The Gilgul of Park Avenue”), Dara Horn (The World to Come), Nicole Krauss (The History of Love), Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and Eating Animals), and Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, and more).

Organizer and host: Meir Ouziel

With:

Prof. Emily Budek, Dan, Kanner Tamar Ben Ami, Yiftach Kaminer, and more

In conjunction with Bimat Mofa’ei ha-Sifrut

This is a Hebrew-language only event.