Guides and Resources for Readers
Discussion guide from the Jewish Community Library
Kit for Book Clubs from Penguin Random House
Reviews and Articles
Review from Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Dazzling short story collection from Omer Friedlander focuses on Middle East” by Rhiannon Holley, Buzz, August 10, 2022
“Short Story Collection Is Magical and Moving” by Nicholas Addison Thomas, The Free Lance Star, July 16, 2022
“From Jerusalem with Love and Compassion” by Neal Gendler, The American Jewish News, June 21, 2022
Review by Ariella Carmell, Jewish Book Council, April 18, 2022
Review from Kirkus, February 15, 2022
Omer Friedlander wins Association of Jewish Libraries 2023 Jewish Fiction Award, January 24, 2023
Interviews with Omer Friedlander
“At 27, This Rising Novelist Gives Americans an Unfiltered Taste of Israel” by Tzach Yoked, HaAretz, June 9, 2022
“Writing with a Sense of Place” by Joshua Henkin, LitHub, May 24, 2022
“A Playful Kind of Seriousness: An Interview with Omer Friedlander” by Mara Sandroff, One Story, May 19, 2022
Interview by Geffen Huberman, Electric Literature, April 19, 2022
“Israeli Writer Brings His Homeland to Life in New English Story Collection” by Amy Spiro, The Times of Israel, April 13, 2022
Audio interview for the AJL Nice Jewish Books Podcast, February 17, 2023
Audio interview for the Church Times Book Club Podcast, January 5, 2023
About Israeli Authors Writing in English
“Insider/Outsider: Writing Fiction in English in Israel” by Miryam Sivan, Jewish Book Council, March 19, 2020
“Why I Chose to Write in English” by Ayelet Tsabari, LitHub, March 23, 2016
“Israeli Writers Embracing English” by Ranen Omer-Sherman, Jewish Book Council, May 19, 2015
“Off the Map? Israel’s English Language Writers Wonder Where They Fit In” by Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel, May 17, 2012
