Story Vid's Literary Music Videos

No one needs to be reminded of how much hand-wringing there’s been in the past decade over questions on literature’s place in the 21st century. Philip Roth or some other old white dude predicts the death of the novel almost as frequently as radio evangelists predict the apocalypse. Israeli writer Etgar Keret, however, sees changes in our culture as exciting creative opportunities, not causes for dismay. He’s teamed up with Dov Alfon, former editor-in-chief of Israel’s leading English-language newspaper, to create Story Vid, a cultural initiative that incorporates video and audio to bring the short story to a new online...  read more

Israeli Newspaper Taken Over by Poets and Authors

Israel daily newspaper Haaretz sent their staff writers home last Wednesday and invited 31 of the nation's most celebrated poets and authors to report the day's news. The special edition of the paper was a tribute to the annual Hebrew Book Week, a tradition whose roots go as far back as 1926. ...  read more