Etgar Keret is a satiric novelist, director, and screenwriter, born in Ramat Gan. His second book, Gaguai leKising’er (Missing Kissinger), was published in 1994, and was a bestseller. Keret has written books for children as well as comic-style books. He also has directed and written plays and satire for television. He won the Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature for 1996, and in 2007, he received the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or Award for the feature-length film Meduzot (Jellyfish), which he co-directed with his wife, Shira Geffen.
Asaf Hanuka is an Israeli comic book writer, artist, illustrator, and teacher. His work has been translated into many languages and has won several international awards. He teaches illustration and comics at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art.
Dad Runs Away with the Circus was Etgar Keret's first children's book. It was illustrated by award-winning illustrator and comic book artist Rutu Modan. The two collaborated on several projects…
The ethos of the Photo League, the cooperative that Sid Grossman co-founded, was that documenting everyday life was a way not only of recording social progress but also contributing to it, by helping…
On this clay plaque from Dan, from the Late Bronze (Canaanite) period, a man is playing a lute while dancing. The position of the performer’s legs shows that he is doing a lively dance.