In the Belly of the Whale

Ruth Margalit

LITERARY NON-FICTION

Altneuland Press, 2026 - English, Hebrew and German

In the Belly of the Whale is a literary journey through the raw landscape of Israeli society—polarized, fascinating, increasingly bereft. Originally published in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, the book comprises a series of profiles of politicians, cultural figures, and iconoclasts, encapsulating Ruth Margalit’s reporting from the past decade in a single, immersive volume. Returning to these portraits from her current reality as a writer and mother living in Tel Aviv at a time of war, Margalit reexamines the texts in light of a transformed society and self.

Bandit

Itamar Orlev

NOVEL 

Am Oved, 2015 - Hebrew

Altneuland Press - German

Additional Languages:  Editions du Seuil, 2018 and Points, 2020 (French); Editorial Acantilado, 2019 (Spanish); Quaderns Crema 2019 (Catalan); ; Giutina Editore, 2022 (Italian)

Twenty years after immigrating to Israel, and shortly after his wife leaves him with their five-year-old son, Tadeusz returns to Poland to visit Stefan, the violent, alcoholic father he left behind. As the two embark on a journey to Stefan’s childhood village, memories of war, cruelty, and survival begin to surface, forcing Tadeusz to confront the past and reflect on the complex relationship between fathers and sons and the unrelenting need for recognition.

Yolanda

Moshe Sakal

NOVEL

Keter publishing, 2011 - Hebrew

Altneuland Press - German

Yolanda is a novel that masterfully interweaves the struggles of the immigrant generation in Israel with the younger generation’s search for roots. At its heart is Yolanda, the narrator's grandmother and a charismatic matriarch, whose life story unfolds against the backdrop of Israeli society—with its layered languages, cultures, and rituals. Wirtten in prose  infused with humor and intimacy, Sakal's book is a deeply nuanced exploration of identity.

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The Last Defendant

Alma Ganihar

NOVEL

Altneuland Press, 2026 - Hebrew

An elderly woman is brought to trial for her role in the atrocities that took place in a Nazi concentration camp. Taken from her quiet life in a nursing home, she is tried in juvenile court, where she appears each day with a surgical mask and dark sunglasses, a figure at once banal and monstrous, as if hiding from history itself. As the trial progresses, her silence transforms into a resonating indictment. Inspired by the 2021 trial of Irmgard Furchner, who was charged at age 96 with 11,412 counts of accessory to murder, The Last Defendant is a short, chilling novel about complicity, denial, and the long shadow of justice. Alma Ganihar crafts a morally piercing narrative that asks resonating questions about silence in face of injustice, and the meaning of justice when it arrives eighty years too late.