Yoram Kaniuk

Yoram Kaniuk – the last great Zionist

“I know that a Jewish state can only be a dream,” Yoram Kaniuk once told me, “but I want to have my dream.” This literary giant and eternal dreamer passed away last night (Saturday) at the age of 83, and an important critical and humanist voice fell silent in this land. The dream of Israel…

By Yuval Ben-Ami June 9, 2013

September journey part 5: Diameter of a bubble

Staying on the move in Israel and the Palestinian Territories through a month of trial. And today: walking the miracle mile. Last night was too good for me to leave Tel-Aviv just yet. The city that hosted the biggest demonstration in this country’s history not only deserves another day, it begs to be experienced during…

By Yuval Ben-Ami September 4, 2011

Anti-Mubarak protesters in Cairo, January 2011 (photo: Hossam el-Hamalawy)

And a little child shall lead them / by Yoram Kaniuk

Facebook made the world a more open place, enabling the youth of Egypt to share ideas and organize protests against an oppressive regime. Don’t worry, though, because this won’t happen in Israel. Here, we protest the price of gasoline and fall asleep in the midst of our cries Yoram Kaniuk When the prophet Isaiah said…

By +972 Magazine February 2, 2011

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Closing time at Cafe Kassit (photo: Yael Rozen)

Closing time at Kassit: To love Tel Aviv and fear for it

A friend asked me to help him sort his books. He’s not a young chap anymore, and has accumulated quite a number of books over his 80 years. Many of them were simply piled on the floor of his study; others were decked in on the shelves in multiple rows, the front ones obstructing access…

By Yuval Ben-Ami January 21, 2011

Author calls for rejection of official status as Jews

[4] And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto…

By Yossi Gurvitz November 8, 2010