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Don Futterman

Oct 17, 2025, 6:37 PM

I was invited to the Memorial Ceremony yesterday at Kfar Azza, one of the hardest hit kibbutzim, on the national day of mourning for victims of the Hamas massacres on October 7th. It was shocking to see an entire section...

Oct 10, 2025, 12:00 PM

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In each other’s faces; in a sukkah of one’s own

Each 'bubble' of Israeli society is close-knit, caring, intensely connected - and a little isolated from the other bubbles. It's not a bad thing

Nov 21, 2023, 12:14 AM

On Becoming a Published Novelist

My status changed last week: I became a published novelist when my first novel, Adam Unrehearsed came out on Tuesday, from Wicked Son. I read all the time – newspapers, magazines, columns, commentaries, articles, reviews. But when it comes to...

Jun 13, 2023, 4:16 PM

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What remains of A.B. Yehoshua

Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua in the documentary, 'The Last Chapter of A.B. Yehoshua.' (Courtesy/ New York Jewish Film Festival)

The novels of the acclaimed writer who died a year ago manage somehow to offer sparks of hope amidst the chaotic despair

Apr 20, 2023, 4:23 PM

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How to celebrate Israel’s 75th? Read Meir Shalev

Author Meir Shalev speaks at the annual International Writer's Festival in Jerusalem. May 14, 2012. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

You feel the earth of Eretz Yisrael in every sentence. Every tree, every stone – and certainly every beast – even the magical ones – get their moment

Jan 16, 2013, 11:28 AM

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Israel’s ambivalent left (and left-center) voter

A look at all the options -- none of them perfect

Dec 17, 2012, 7:10 AM

Inside Bibi’s brain

Over these last weeks, we listened in to the relentless war raging inside Bibi’s brain between the Beleaguered Statesmen, the Pintele Yid, and the Private Pollster. Excerpts follow: Beleaguered Statesman: During the relentless rocket barrage on innocent civilians, the western...

About Me

Don Futterman is the author of the novel Adam Unrehearsed (2023), a Finalist for the Jewish National Book Awards. Don is also the founding Executive Director of The Israel Center for Educational Innovation (ICEI) and the Director of The Moriah Fund in Israel. He can be heard on TLV1’s The Promised Podcast, and on Futterman’s One-Man Show, a performance podcast of autobiographical monologues. You can learn more about Adam Unrehearsed and Futterman’s One-Man Show at donfutterman.com. Don is the author of two children’s books in Hebrew, Ha-Otzar Shel Yaniv (Yaniv’s Treasure – Tal-Mai -2019), and Ad Lamala (Up and Over – Sifriyat Pajama - 2023).