In new memoir, Amos Oz’s daughter alleges lifetime of abuse by ‘sadistic’ father In “Something Disguised as Love,” Israeli author Galia Oz claims that the literary icon “serially abused” her until his death in 2018. Feb. 23, 2021
Amos Oz and the centrality of Hebrew in Jewish life The great novelist’s passing should remind us that understanding the glories of modern Hebrew literature is essential to the future of the Jewish people. Jonathan S. Tobin Dec. 31, 2018
Outlived, always, by the power of his words Amos Oz came to embody the ideal of a “virtuous Israel”—namely, of a man who works the fields by day and writes novels at night, and who dreams of peace and must go to war. Fiamma Nirenstein Dec. 31, 2018
Reactions pour in following the passing of Amos Oz, 79, who leaves a literary ‘void’ “Mourning the loss of one of Israel’s prominent literary voices,” tweeted Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon. “A loss for us all and for the world. May his memory be blessed.” Jackson Richman Dec. 28, 2018
Israeli author and intellectual Amos Oz dies at age 79 He earned numerous awards, including the Israel Prize, France’s Prix Femina and Officier des Arts et Lettres, Italy’s Primo Levi Prize and the Frankfurt Peace Prize. Dec. 28, 2018
