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Jes­si­ca Cohen

Jes­si­ca Cohen shared the 2017 Man Book­er Inter­na­tion­al Prize with author David Gross­man for her trans­la­tion of A Horse Walks into a Bar. She has trans­lat­ed works by Amos Oz, Etgar Keret, Dorit Rabinyan, Ronit Mat­alon, Nir Baram, and others.
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Non­fic­tion
The Think­ing Heart: On Israel and Palestine
David Grossman; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Fic­tion
Hap­py New Years
Maya Arad; Jes­si­ca Cohen, trans. 
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Fic­tion
Auto­cor­rect
Etgar Keret; Jessica Cohen and Sondra Silverston, trans.
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Chil­dren’s
Every Wrin­kle Has a Story
David Grossman; Ninamasina, illus.; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Fic­tion
Pro­fes­sor Schif­f’s Guilt
Agur Schiff; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Fic­tion
World Shad­ow
Nir Baram; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Fic­tion
At Night’s End
Nir Baram
Jes­si­ca Cohen
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Fic­tion
And the Bride Closed the Door
Ronit Matalon; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Fic­tion
The Dia­mond Set­ter: A Novel
Moshe Sakal; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Fic­tion
A Horse Walks into a Bar
David Gross­man
Jes­si­ca Cohen
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Fic­tion
All the Rivers: A Novel
Dorit Rabinyan; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Fic­tion
Isra-Isle
Nava Semel; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Fic­tion
The Prop­er­ty
Rutu Modan; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Fic­tion
Eden
Yael Hedaya; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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Fic­tion
To the End of the Land
David Gross­man
Jes­si­ca Cohen

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Excerpt: Our Lady of Kazan

Maya Arad, Jes­si­ca Cohen
August 13, 2020
Essay

The Hebrew Trans­la­tor on Translation

In our April JBC Book­shelf, we fea­tured a pdf ver­sion of an arti­cle that first appeared in the sum­mer 2007 issue of Jew­ish Book World. We thought it would be…
Jes­si­ca Cohen
April 19, 2012

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