Jessica Kasmer-Jacobs
@jessica_kjacobs
For us chronic Anshel Pfeffer ืื ืฉืื ืคืคืจ fans, a gift for the new year. h/t Kiara Barrow penguinpress Deborah Harris Literary Agency
Personal Thoughts: (not for everyone, feel free to skip) For the longest time, I struggled with my identity. A Palestinian kid born inside Israel. Likeโฆwtf. Many of my friends refuse to this day to say the word โIsraelโ and call themselves โPalestinianโ only. But since I
ืืืื ืงื ืืืืจ ืืืฆืืจืืช ืขื ื ืชื ืืื ืขื ืืืืืฃ ืืืืืืืื ื ืขื ืชืืืื ืฉื ืกืข ืฉืขื ืืืืชื ืขื ืืงืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืฆืื ืืช ืืฉืคืืชื ืืงืืืืฅ. "ืงืืืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืืืืืจื", ืืืจ ืืืื ืงื. "ืจืืื ื ืืื ืื ืฉืื ืขืื ืขื ืืืืกืื ืืื"ื ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืื" Amir Tibon ืืืืจ ืชืืืื
This incredible novel which was once a terrifying fever dream has now come to life. I am so proud to have sold it to Lauren Wein at Avid Reader Press.
Of all the words written about October 7th, Amir Tibon ืืืืจ ืชืืืืโs are the ones you should read. Honored to have played a small part in bringing this story to light.
At the end of this week, I'm taking a three-months long break from my work at Haaretz.com in order to write "The Gates of Gaza", as announced today by Little, Brown and Co: a book about the October 7 attack; my Kibbutz, Nahal Oz; and the history of Israel, Hamas and Gaza. More to come.
I wrote for The Atlantic about my experience as a Jew and Israeli on Columbia University's campus. "More people, including faculty and students, should speak out against hateful rhetoric that is morally wrong, even if it's protected by the First Amendment". theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/โฆ