- Haim Watzman
Haim Watzman (b. 1956,
Cleveland ,Ohio ), is an American-bornIsraeli translator, author, and commentator.Watzman was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in
Silver Spring ,Maryland . He is a graduate ofDuke University . Watzman madealiyah 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 andNature (journal) and other English-language periodicals. [ [http://haimwatzman.com/journalism.html Haim Watzman ] ] He also shares a widely-read blog [http://southjerusalem.com] withGershom 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 9780374130589Books translated
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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, 1988Notes
External links
* [http://haimwatzman.com Official website] , includes links to his articles published in the mainstream and Jewish press
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