David Herman
A.B. Yehoshua and the Generation of the State
Summary
A. B. Yehoshua (1936–2022) was part of the so-called “Generation of the State,” which helped mould the new Israeli identity of the late 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Jerusalem to the fifth generation of a Sephardic Jewish family and was a hugely prolific writer, beginning with his first short stories published in the late 1950s and 14 novels in a span of almost 50 years.
David Herman
David Herman is a freelance writer based in London. Over the past 20 years he has written almost a thousand articles, essays, and reviews on Jewish history and literature for publications including the Jewish Chronicle, the Jewish Quarterly, Jewish Renaissance, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Prospect. He has taught courses on Jewish culture for the London Jewish Cultural Centre and JW3. He is a regular contributor to Jewish Book Week, the Association of Jewish Refugees, and the Insiders/Outsiders Festival on the contribution of Jewish refugees to British culture.