Tag: שבוע הספר העברי

The Top 50 Hebrew Books of All Time – In Honor of Book Week (from Makor Rishon)

In honor of Israel’s Book Week, the popular Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon  published results of a reader poll of the top 50 Hebrew books of all time.  The poll was run via their weekend magazine (so hip it hurts)  Motzash  which means “Saturday night” in a slangy sort of way. The poll picked many books which, in […]

Book Week in Israel – Coming Soon to a City Square Near You!

The annual book fest which sweeps Israel cities starts this year on June 5.  Officially known as “book week”, thousands upon thousands of people crowd these outdoor book sales which are a celebration of reading and vivid proof that books are far from gone from modern society. According to Wikipedia this annual tradition began as […]