Haim Watzman

Haim Watzman

Haim Watzman (b. 1956, Cleveland, Ohio), is an American-born Israeli translator, author, and commentator.

Watzman was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is a graduate of Duke University. Watzman made aliyah in 1978. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and four children.

Watzman is known for his English translations of recent works by Hebrew-language authors. He has authored two books [ [http://haimwatzman.com/Crack-in-the-Earth.htm Haim Watzman ] ] and contributes to The Chronicle of Higher Education and Nature (journal) and other English-language periodicals. [ [http://haimwatzman.com/journalism.html Haim Watzman ] ] He also shares a widely-read blog [http://southjerusalem.com] with Gershom Gorenberg.

Bibliography

* "Company C: an American's Life as a Citizen-soldier in Israel". New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux (2005) ISBN 0374226334
* "A Crack in the Earth: a journey up Israel's Rift Valley". New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux (2007) ISBN 9780374130589

Books translated

* Tamar El-Or, "Reserved Seats: Religion, Gender and Ethnicity in Contemporary Israel". Wayne State University Press "(in process)"

* Menachem Klein, "A Possible Peace". Columbia University Press, 2007

* Hillel Cohen, "Army of Shadows, Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948". University of California Press, 2007

* Yaakov Lozowick, "Hitler's Bureaucrats: The Nazi Security Police and the Banality of Evil". Continuum, 2003

* Menachem Klein, "The Jerusalem Problem: The Struggle for Permanent Status". University of Florida Press, 2003

* David Grossman, "Death as a Way of Life". Farrar Straus, 2003

* Igal Sarna, "The Man Who Fell into a Puddle". Knopf, 2002

* Tom Segev, "Elvis in Jerusalem". Metropolitan, 2002

* Tamar El-Or, "Next Pesach: Literacy and Identity among Young Orthodox Jewish Women". Wayne State University Press, 2002

* Menachem Klein, "Jerusalem: The Contested City". Hurst/NYU Press, 2001

* Tom Segev, "One Palestine Complete". Metropolitan, 2000

* Oz Almog, "The Sabra: A Portrait, California University Press". 2000

* Tamar El-Or, "Educated and Ignorant: On Ultra-Orthodox Women and Their World". Lynne Reinner, 1993

* David Grossman, "Sleeping on a Wire". Farrar Straus, 1993

* Tom Segev, "The Seventh Million". Hill & Wang, 1993

* David Grossman, "The Yellow Wind". Farrar Straus, 1988

Notes

External links

* [http://haimwatzman.com Official website] , includes links to his articles published in the mainstream and Jewish press


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