Category: Literature

Selichot in Krakow: Migrations of a Melody

The only one of my mother’s melodies to remain is the sing-song of the shamash from the Rem’uh [Rabbi Moses Isserles] Synagogue in Krakow, as he

“Exile” by Frederic Brenner

Introduction “Exile” was read while on a journey. My journey vis-a-vis Frederic Brenner’s journey into Exile. And like every journey, at least on the surface,

Love on the Shore (in French and German Translation)

During a summer in the early sixties, in a disco on the Ashkelon beach, three people fall in love. Esther, who was educated in a

We Were As Dreamers (In Hebrew)

Edited by: Michal GovrinIntroduction by: David Assaf In Pinchas Govrin’s (1904 – 1985) memoir, We Were As Dreamers, the story of one family caught in

The Name

Within months of its publication in Israel, The Name was heralded by critics and scholars alike, who compared its author to such writers as Dostoevsky,

Hold On to the Sun

A richly varied collection of short stories, legends, a novella, and essays. In this portrait of the artist as a young woman, Michal Govrin offers

Snapshots

How well do we ever really know those we love? How well do we even know ourselves? When our parents stand in the limelight of