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Necessary Stories Live–On YouTube

October 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Culture and Ideas

Haim Watzman With thanks to my daughter Mizmor, who filmed and edited, I offer this preview of my new “Necessary Stories” program. It includes selections from four of the stories. For more on my speaking topics and availability, see my Speaking and Performance page. Am I really genetically smarter than my Sephardi wife? Find out [...]

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Is Truth My New Fiction?

July 9th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Culture and Ideas

Haim Watzman A couple weeks ago I published my first short story. That’s an important milestone in my career as a writer, since up until now I’ve only published journalism and non-fiction. But, in fact, it’s less of a breakthrough than it sounds, because I made my fiction debut in the pages of a news [...]

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Necessary Stories: Nadine Gordimer in Israel

May 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Culture and Ideas

Check out the new installment of my monthly Necessary Stories column in The Jerusalem Report: “Political Morality.” While you’re there, check out last month’s column, too, which I forgot to flag here.

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