Israeli writer and translator Joanna Chen's essay, "From the Edges of a Broken World," was retracted by Guernica, a progressive literary journal, for being seen as supportive of Zionism.

Zelda Kahan Newman, a renowned translator of Yiddish women's poetry and a Yiddish linguist, passed away at the age of 77.

Paul Cohen, an American Jew, has lived in the remote village of Narsaq, Greenland, for 22 years.

"Lives in Translation" by Hillel Halkin is a book that explores the relationship between Hebrew literature, the Hebrew language, and Zionism.