16. Bibliographical Note
An essay that touches all aspects of Israeli life and creative
culture can only suggest directions for searching out
resources. Essentially, any books on Israeli society are
a potential resource. Each of the subjects discussed here
will feature in any good introduction to Israeli society.
Regarding literature, any book in English translation by
any of the writers mentioned here is a potential resource.
Many good anthologies have been published in recent years.
Try entering ‘modern Israeli stories’, ‘Hebrew
literature anthologies’ or ‘Israeli literature
or stories anthologies’ – or any combination
of these – into a search machine on such Internet
sites as Amazon.com, and see what comes up. One anthology
that is easily missed -- and thus needs to be mentioned
here – is the superb anthology of Sephardi/Mizrahi
writing Keys to the Garden: New Israeli Writing
edited by Ammiel Alcalay.
On the subject of cinema, start by checking on the Internet
the catalogue of Ergo Films, the best resource for subtitled
Israeli films. They have many titles.
For music, scout the music section in any Jewish or Israeli
shop. Around 1998, a number of very good collections were
put together to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment
of the State. These are worth searching out.
There is a very good introduction to Israeli art by Gideon
Ofrat One Hundred Years of Art in Israel
and a number of books on aspects of other media such as
architecture, sculpture, photography and so on.
Remember, you will generally need the overall surveys unless
you are searching for a very specific topic. Happy hunting.
If you need particular recommendations, write to us at
the site and we’ll try to help.