Fall 2019

ON LITERATURE AND CENSORSHIP: THE POLITICAL SCANDAL OF ALL THE RIVERS

SPEAKER: DORIT RABINYAN, Bestselling author

All the Rivers is a modern tale of love between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man. Bestselling author Dorit Rabinyan explores the forces that bind us and divide us, juggling places, times, seasons, cultures, languages, and art forms. Rabinyan will talk about finding herself at the center of a political scandal, when her book was banned by Israel’s Ministry of Education from being taught at high schools.

Thursday, November 7, 2019, 8:00 PM

THE RETURN OF PAIN AND HAUNTINGS OF THE PAST

SPEAKER: ZERUYA, Internationally renowned author

Internationally acclaimed author Zeruya Shalev speaks about her powerful and astute novel Pain. In her talk, Shalev discusses how old passions can return to test our capacity to make choices about what is most essential in life.