Then, abruptly, it was withdrawn by the education ministry because of its subject matter. Sales of her novel have doubled since it became a cause célèbre in Israel’s culture wars in January 2016. And Rabinyan is preparing to set off on a month’s book tour of the US. That this book of mine was a threat to the Jewish separate identity. But that is precisely how the pedagogical committee of Israel’s education ministry – in a decision supported by the far-right education minister Naftali Bennett – judged the book.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2017 22:52 UTC