Fea­tur­ing some of the most promi­nent rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Israel’s lit­er­ary young guard and acclaimed Amer­i­can writ­ers and intel­lec­tu­als, this mini-fes­ti­val presents recent­ly trans­lat­ed Hebrew fic­tion and non-fic­tion to explore the volatile polit­i­cal, social, and cul­tur­al state of affairs in Israel at a par­tic­u­lar point in time — five decades after the Six-Day War and on the eve of the 70th anniver­sary of the state’s foundation. 

Five cel­e­brat­ed Hebrew writ­ers, Nir Baram, Dorit Rabinyan, Eshkol Nevo, Assaf Gavron and Ruby Nam­dar, will present their per­spec­tives on a wide range of per­ti­nent con­tro­ver­sial issues at the core of Israel’s exis­tence. Joined by five notable Amer­i­can authors, jour­nal­ists and aca­d­e­mics — Gal Beck­er­man, David Samuels, Elis­sa Gold­stein, Ronald W. Zweig, and Liel Lei­bovitz — they will dis­cuss and debate over the Israeli-Pales­tin­ian con­flict, the fragili­ty of democ­ra­cy, forms of domes­tic­i­ty in a tur­moiled soci­ety, cre­ativ­i­ty, falling silent and cen­sor­ship in times of war and peace, Hebrew writ­ing in the dias­po­ra, Jew­ish life in Amer­i­ca, and the future prospects of Israel. 

Loca­tions and dates for each pro­gram can be found below. All events except for the Decem­ber 7th pro­gram are FREE and all are open to the pub­lic, but reg­is­tra­tion is required here.

Octo­ber 25, 2017 | A Thin Green Line | Nir Baram in con­ver­sa­tion with Gal Beckerman 
KGB Bar — 7:00 – 9:00PM
85 E. 4th Street, New York, New York 10003

Octo­ber 26, 2017 | Bor­der­lines | Dorit Rabinyan in con­ver­sa­tion with David Samuels
Soho House — 7:00 – 8:30PM
29 – 35 9th Avenue, New York, New York 10014
SOLD OUT

Novem­ber 2, 2017 | Home/​land: Haven and Hell | Eshkol Nevo in con­ver­sa­tion with Elis­sa Goldstein 
Con­gre­ga­tion Beth Elo­him — 7:30 – 9:00PM
274 Garfield Place, Brook­lyn, New York 11215

Novem­ber 6, 2017 | Wild There, Wild Here, Wild Every­where | Assaf Gavron in con­ver­sa­tion with Ronald W. Zweig
Taub Cen­ter for Israel Stud­ies — 6:00 – 7:30PM
14A Wash­ing­ton Mews, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10003

Decem­ber 7, 2017 | A Wan­der­ing Lan­guage | Ruby Nam­dar in con­ver­sa­tion with Liel Leibovitz
Amer­i­can Jew­ish His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety and Cen­ter for Jew­ish His­to­ry — 7:00 – 8:30PM
15 W. 16th Street, New York, New York 10011

The Sev­enth Day Fes­ti­val direc­tor is Hanan Elstein. Read more about Hanan and his work here.