Washington University is hosting “Israeli Literature @70” on its Danforth Campus April 12 and 13. The event, which is free and open to the public, marks the 70^th anniversary of Israel’s founding on May 14.

The conference aims to summarize, appraise and re-evaluate the first 70 years of Israeli literature. Conference participants –Yael Dekel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Shai Ginsburg, Duke University; Eric Zakim, University of Maryland; Riki Traum, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Eran Tzelgov, Ben-Gurion University & Ra’av Press; Naomi B. Sokoloff, University of Washington; Wendy Zierler, Hebrew Union College; Michal Raizen, Ohio Wesleyan University; Shachar Pinsker, University of Michigan; Melissa Weininger, Rice University; and Nancy E. Berg, Washington University – will discuss texts that were composed in Hebrew as well as texts composed in other languages and/or written outside the State of Israel.

For more information, go to jinelc.wustl.edu/events/734.