Flashcards: Israeli writers

Aryeh "Lova" Eliav (Hebrew: אריה "לובה" אליאב‎‎, 21 November 1921 – 30 May 2010), was an Israeli politician.

Meir David Kahane (Hebrew: מאיר דוד כהנא‎‎) (/kəˈhɑːnə/; August 1, 1932 – November 5, 1990) was an American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi, ultra-Nationalist political figure, teacher and writer, whose work became either the direct or indirect foundation of most modern Jewish militant and far right-wing political groups.

Orly Castel-Bloom (Hebrew: אורלי קסטל-בלום‎‎) is an Israeli author.

Ze'ev Schiff (1 July 1932 in Lille, France – 19 June 2007 in Tel Aviv, Israel) was an Israeli journalist and military correspondent for Haaretz.

Yitzhak Coren (Hebrew: יצחק קורן‎‎, born 11 March 1911, died 22 June 1994) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and the Alignment.

Shira Gorshman (April 10, 1906 – April 4, 2001) was a Yiddish language short story writer and memoirist.

Zeruya Shalev (Hebrew: צרויה שלו‎‎) (born May 13, 1959) is a bestselling Israeli author.

Miriam Bernstein-Cohen (Russian: Мария Яковлевна Бернштейн-Коган Hebrew: מרים ברנשטיין-כהן‎‎), 1895-1991, was an Israeli actress, director, poet and translator.

Shelly Yachimovich (Hebrew: שלי יחימוביץ׳‎‎, born 28 March 1960) is an Israeli politician.

Yitshak Orpaz (Hebrew: יצחק אוורבוך אורפז) (born 1923) was an Israeli writer.

Avraham "Avrum" Burg (Hebrew: אברהם בורג, born 19 January 1955) is an Israeli author, politician and businessman: he was a member of the Knesset, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Speaker of the Knesset, and Interim President of Israel.

Yevgeny Arye (also "Yevgeni", Russian: Евгений Арье, Hebrew: יבגני אריה, born 1947 in Moscow) is an Israeli theater director, playwright, scriptwriter, and set designer.

Miriam Yalan-Shteklis (sometimes translated Miriam Yalan-Stekelis) (Hebrew: מרים ילן-שטקליס‎‎) (21 September 1900 – 9 May 1984) was an Israeli writer and poet famous for her children's books.

Oded Yehuda Burla (Hebrew: עודד בורלא‎‎; June 23, 1915 – July 26, 2009) was an Israeli writer, poet, and artist.

Gustavo Daniel Perednik (Hebrew: גוסטבו דניאל פרדניק‎‎; born 1956) is an Argentinian-born Israeli author and educator.

Didi Menosi (Hebrew: דידי מנוסי‎‎; 9 May 1928 – 20 December 2013) was an Israeli writer, journalist, poet, lyricist, dramatist, columnist and satirist.

Israel Segal (Hebrew: ישראל סגל‎‎, 26 May 1944 – September 27, 2007) was an Israeli journalist, author, and longtime political commentator.

Miriam Roth (Hebrew: מרים רות; January 16, 1910 – November 13, 2005) was a preeminent pioneer of Israeli preschool education, author and scholar of children's literature, with a long career as a kindergarten teacher and educator.

Nir Baram (Hebrew: ניר ברעם; born June 2, 1976 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli author.

Ayelet Tsabari is an Israeli-Canadian writer.

Adam Keller (Hebrew: אדם קלר‎‎; born 1955 in Tel Aviv-Yafo) is an Israeli peace activist who was among the founders of Gush Shalom, of which he is a spokesperson.

Orly Lobel is an author and professor of law, and was recently named one of The Marker Magazine's 50 sharpest minds.

David Pinski (April 5, 1872 – August 11, 1959) was a Yiddish language writer, probably best known as a playwright.

Eric Lee (born 1955 in New York City) is an American-born trade unionist, writer, and web site developer.

Ze'ev Safrai (Hebrew: זאב ספראי‎‎; born 1948, Jerusalem, Israel) is an Israeli Professor in the Department for Israel Studies in Bar Ilan University, as well as an author, lecturer and researcher of Israel in the Second Temple era .

Yehiel De-Nur, Dinoor or Dinur ('De-Nur' means 'of the fire' in Aramaic), also known by his pen name Ka-Tsetnik 135633, born Yehiel Feiner (16 May 1909 – 17 July 2001), was a Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor, whose books were inspired by his time as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Jacob Meyer Levy (Hebrew: יעקב מאיר לוי Ya'akov Me'ir Levi; May 14, 1894 – September 8, 1956) was an Israeli educator, historian, translator and writer.

Assaf Gavron (Hebrew: אסף גברון‎‎; born 21 December 1968) is an Israeli writer, novelist, translator and musician, formerly a journalist and hi-tech worker.

Shabtai Teveth (Hebrew: שבתי טבת‎‎; 1925 – 1 November 2014), was an Israeli historian and an anti-Revisionist author.

Neil Druckmann (born December 5, 1978) is an Israeli-American writer, creative director and programmer for the video game developer Naughty Dog, known for his work in the video games The Last of Us and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.

Sara Kishon (Hebrew: שרה קישון‎‎; October 8, 1931 – March 24, 2002) was a pianist, art collector, and the wife of the Israeli author and satirist Ephraim Kishon.

Michal Shalev is an Israeli author and illustrator of children's books.

Gad Shimron (Hebrew: גד שימרון‎‎, b. 1950) is an Israeli journalist, author and military affairs commentator.

Aaron Cohen (born 28 February 1976) is an Israeli-American writer, director, actor, author and former Duvdevan Special Forces operator specializing in counter-terrorism and best known for his international bestselling memoir Brotherhood of Warriors.

Talia Rahimi (Hebrew: טליה רחימי; born 1978) is an Israeli author, poet, teacher and linguist.

Zev Golan is an Israeli historian, author, and Director of the Public Policy Center at the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies.

Sara Zyskind, also Sara Plager-Zyskind (Hebrew: שרה פלגר-זיסקינד) (b. 26 March 1927 in Łódź; d. 1 January 1995 in Tel-Aviv), was a prominent Polish–Israeli writer on the Holocaust.

Barry Chamish (Hebrew: ברי חמיש‎‎; January 13, 1952 – August 23, 2016) was a Canadian-born Israeli writer and public speaker.

Nissim Amon (Hebrew: ניסים אמון; born 1963) is an Israeli Zen master and meditation teacher.

Yoav Avni (Hebrew: יואב אבני; born November 24, 1969) is a prominent Israeli author and translator.

Ayman Sikseck (or Ayman Siksik or Ayman Siksek, Arabic: أيمن سكسك‎‎, Hebrew: איימן סיכסק‎‎; born 1984, Jafa) is an Israeli-Arab author, literary critic and publisher, who writes in Hebrew.

Yitzhak Livni (born October 17 1934) is an Israeli media personality and writer.

David Tidhar (7 June 1897 – 15 December 1970) was a Jewish-Israeli police officer, private detective and author.

Freddy Eytan, (born January 1947) is an Israeli diplomat, former ambassador, writer and journalist.

Shmuel Moreh (Hebrew: שמואל מורה‎‎, Arabic: شموئيل موريه‎‎, born December 22, 1932 in Baghdad) is professor emeritus in the Department for Arabic Language and Literature at the Hebrew University and a recipient of the Israel Prize in Middle Eastern studies in 1999.

Sasson Somekh (Hebrew: ששון סומך‎‎; Arabic:ساسون سوميخ; born 1933) is an Israeli academic, writer and translator.

Yossi Abulafia (Hebrew: יוסי אבולעפיה‎‎; born 1945) is an Israeli writer and illustrator of children's books, as well as a graphic artist, cartoonist, director and screenwriter of animation films.

Erich Kulka (18 February 1911 in Vsetín, Austria-Hungary – 12 July 1995 in Jerusalem Israel) was a Czech-Israeli writer, historian and journalist who survived the Holocaust.

Nurit Zarchi (Hebrew: נורית זרחי) (born Jerusalem, October 19, 1941; 28 Tishri 5702 AM) is an Israeli poet and author for adults and children.

Dorit Rabinyan (Hebrew: דורית רביניאן‎‎, b. September 25, 1972) is an Israeli writer and screenwriter.

Yael Neeman (Hebrew: יעל נאמן‎‎) (born 1960), is an Israeli author.

Erol Güney (born Mikhael Rottenberg; 29 August 1914 – 12 October 2009) was a Turkish-Israeli journalist, translator and author.