Halban Publishers

31/10/2024

Fantastic review of Tim Benson's "delightful and informative" forthcoming book, 'Drawn to the Promised Land: A Cartoon History of Britain, Palestine and the Jews' - coming 28 November 2024.
The Jewish News

Sometimes the great political cartoonists can create, in a simple drawing and caption, the most intelligent commentary on the issue of the day. Such cartoons are often funny - to the same degree as they are savage - and get to the essence of a gaffe more speedily than the thousands of words accompan...

25/07/2024

Coming 28 November 2024
DRAWN TO THE PROMISED LAND
A CARTOON HISTORY OF BRITAIN, PALESTINE AND THE JEWS: 1917-1949
by Tim Benson

Sharp wits and sharper pencils capture the twists and turns of British, Palestinian and Jewish history in the twentieth century. Tim Benson has gathered together, for the first time, a comprehensive collection of cartoons telling the story of Britain, Palestine and the Jews, ranging from hilariously biting satire to poignantly moving responses to the darkest chapters of twentieth century history.

See our website for more information: https://tinyurl.com/45v24ek8

16/11/2023

We are devastated to learn of the death of Vivian Silver, who was murdered in the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October.

Vivian, along with Amal Elsana Alh’jooj, was a co-director of AJEEC-NISPED (the Arab-Jewish Center for Empowerment, Education and Cooperation and Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development), through which she worked tirelessly to improve relations and cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis through empowerment projects in multiple communities. Vivian was also a leading voice in organisations such as Women Wage Peace and countless NGOs.

Vivian’s death represents a tragic loss not only to her friends, family and colleagues, but to the communities and movements to which she dedicated her life’s work. May her memory be a blessing.

Read Amal's tirbute to Vivian here:
https://fathomjournal.org/in-memory-of-vivian-silver-1949-2023/

16/10/2023

"I remember the Israeli academics who joined protests against yet another separation barrier in the campus of al-Quds University. I remember the colleagues who spent their Shabats driving down to the southern hills of Hebron to stand by a shepherd community being harassed by Israeli settlers."

Sari Nusseibeh reflects not only on the human cost of the last weeks in Israel and Palestine, but the loss of a dream shared by Israelis and Palestinians for peace, reconciliation and hope.

This assault was not an ‘if’ but a ‘when’ and a ‘how’ shock

13/04/2023

Watch author and former Mossad agent, Mishka Ben-David, read from and discuss his book 'Duet in Beirut' with FRANCE 24

As an intelligence agent in the 1990s, Mishka Ben-David was entrusted with high-stakes espionage missions across the Middle East. Now a successful author, he...

06/03/2023

Fantastic to see Amal Elsana Alh’jooj discuss ‘Hope is a Woman’s Name’ with Bidisha Mamata at Jewish Book Week last night. A great talk and a great audience, followed by plenty of book signings 📚

02/03/2023

Lovely to have Amal Elsana Alh'jooj in the office for a chat today, ahead of her appearance at Jewish Book Week this Sunday at 8pm, Kings Place, Hall 2

23/02/2023

We visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, where we saw the annexe where Anne Frank’s family and others hid from 1942-44 until they were discovered and deported. Anne Frank’s Tales from the Secret Annexe is prominently displayed in the impressive museum bookshop.

16/02/2023

We are very much looking forward to seeing Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, author of 'Hope is a Woman's Name' discussing her book and her incredible life story with Bidisha at Jewish Book Week on Sunday 5 March, King's Place.

Book here: https://jewishbookweek.com/event/hope-is-a-womans-name/

An indigenous Bedouin in a Jewish state and a fifth daughter in a patriarchal society, Amal Elsana Alh’jooj was a shepherd at the age of five. Always driven to pursue justice and equality, from her early teens she ran literary classes for women, marking the beginning of a lifelong career promoting policy change for Israel’s Bedouin. Today Amal is instrumental in shaping public opinion on Israel’s marginalised minorities. Hope is a Woman’s Name tells her journey navigating interweaving systems of power and oppression while embracing every thread of her identity: Bedouin, Arab, woman, feminist, Palestinian and Israeli. In conversation with broadcaster, journalist and film-maker Bidisha Mamata on 5 March

02/02/2023

Wonderful review of 'Hope is a Woman's Name' by Amal Elsana Alh'jooj in Haaretz.com, with a detailed overview of the book's account of Amal's extraordinary life and career.

26/01/2023

Enjoyed the latest series of ‘Fauda’ on Netflix? Then you’ll love these three thrillers by Israeli author and former Mossad agent, Mishka Ben-David!

“Ben-David delivers spy thrillers with all the authenticity and inside knowledge of an ex-Mossad agent.”
—Simon Sebag Montefiore

https://www.halbanpublishers.com/fiction

12/12/2022

Great to see ‘Hope is a Woman’s Name’ by Amal Elsana Alh’jooj listed in The Jewish Chronicle’s Critics’ Choice non-fiction books of 2022 🎉

08/12/2022

Wonderful to see Amal Elsana Alh'jooj discussing her book 'Hope is a Woman's Name' with on Democrat TV (in Hebrew).

לוסי אהריש מארחת לראיון את ד״ר אמל אלסאנע אלחג׳וג, לשמוע על סיפורה יוצא הדופן. איך הפכה מילדה בכפר בדואי בנגב בלי חשמל ומים, למרצה באוניברסיטה, סופרת ופעילה ...

05/12/2022

Looking forward to hearing Amal Elsana Alh'jooj discuss 'Hope is a Woman's Name' with Jessica Steinberg this Thursday at 6pm. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/mpd3wbev

Join us online on Thursday 8 December for an insightful conversation with Bedouin activist, Nobel Prize nominee, and Human Rights Award winner Amal Elsana Alh’jooj. Amal will be interviewed by Times of Israel culture and lifestyle editor Jessica Steinberg, including on her new book "Hope Is A Woman’s Name".

Sign up now at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwscemrrj8qGNUUIY0UcFQHwmvliCgq21sQ

05/12/2022

Join us online on Thursday 8 December for an insightful conversation with Bedouin activist, Nobel Prize nominee, and Human Rights Award winner Amal Elsana Alh’jooj. Amal will be interviewed by Times of Israel culture and lifestyle editor Jessica Steinberg, including on her new book "Hope Is A Woman’s Name".

Sign up now at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwscemrrj8qGNUUIY0UcFQHwmvliCgq21sQ

01/12/2022

The Only Daughter by A.B. Yehoshua long-listed for The Wingate Prize.

We are delighted that A.B. Yehoshua’s novella, ‘The Only Daughter’, has been long-listed for this year’s Wingate prize, alongside works by Jonathan Freedland, Olga Tokarczuk and Michael Ignatieff.

The Wingate Prize is a literary award given to the best book, fiction or non-fiction, to translate the idea of Jewishness to the general reader. The Prize was started in 1977, and is run in association with JW3, the Jewish Cultural Centre. Previous winners include David Grossman, Anne Michaels, WG Sebald, Zadie Smith, and Nicole Krauss. Previous Halban titles to have won the prize include Mr Mani by A.B. Yehoshua, Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew by Dan Vittorio Segre and When the Grey Beetles Took Over Baghdad by Mona Yahia.

06/10/2022

Recent praise for our two latest titles, ‘The Only Daughter’ by A.B. Yehoshua and ‘Hope is a Woman’s Name’ by Amal Elsana Alh’jooj.
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03/10/2022

https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/contemporary-israel/12571/the-wry-comedy-of-a-b-yehoshua%ef%bf%bc/

A terrific piece by Robert Alter in the Jewish Review of Books, discussing the often overlooked comic qualities of A.B. Yehoshua's work.

"There is a prevailing notion in the Hebrew criticism of Yehoshua’s novels that they are all about Jewish history, Zionism, and the future of the nation. To this end, critics have dutifully unearthed national and historical motifs, freighted allusions to the Bible, and interrogations of the Zionist project. Some Hebrew critics have come close to turning his stories and novels into national allegories. None of this is altogether off the mark. What such readings miss, however, is the charm of his novels."

Remembering the ebullient spirit and radical fiction of A. B. Yehoshua.