Forever Foreign: Netalie Gvirtz and Rita Kogan in Conversation with Jeremy Fogel

In her novel, Volunteer (2021), author and illustrator Netalie Gvirtz (Israel) embarks on a journey full of confrontations that follows Mira, the protagonist of the story, who is sent by her mother to carry out an unconventional mission on the kibbutz where the mother volunteered in her youth.

The first prose book by poet and translator Rita Kogan (Israel), Stone Land (2021), tells the story of a girl who left St. Petersburg with her mother and immigrated to Israel, and follows her adolescence through eleven short stories and novellas.

The authors will speak with scholar Dr. Jeremy Fogel about Israel’s obsession with finding roots and the daily experience of foreignness in literature and life.

• The entrance to Yael Garden is adjacent to the Touro restaurant, at 2 S. A. Nachon St., Jerusalem.

• Admission is free on a space-available basis.

• Places are unmarked.

• The event will take place outdoors. We recommend wearing warm clothing.