Rebecca Rass

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Rebecca Rivka Rass is the author of two novels, five books of poetic prose, two children’s books, and two guides for creative writing.
Her books have been published in the USA, Israel,
The Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain.

Her articles, reviews and interviews on cultural and artistic topics
were published in:
TERMINAL, a review of contemporary art (Israel); American Book Review (USA); Yedioth Ahronoth (Israel); Yedioth America (USA); Four-By-Five (Israel); Los Angeles Times (USA); Vrij Nederlands, Handelsbladt; Zero Magazine, (The Netherlands); Aftenposten, (Norway).

“VOICES”, for a reader and a clarinet, uses excerpts from her book
“The Image of Woman” with music by Ben-Zion Orgad was performed
in Tel Aviv in 2004 and 2006.

“From A to Z” (1969) was turned into an Opera
by the Italian composer Bruno Maderna and performed at the Darmstadt Opera House,
and as a TV production by NOS Amsterdam.

Her novel “The Mountain” (1982) was turned into a play by Rina Yerushalmi.

Exhibition of her Book-Sculptures were presented in galleries at New York,
Amsterdam and Tel Aviv.

Rebecca Rass is a professor of English at Pace University in New York.
She leads Creative Writing Workshops in Jerusalem and in Tel Aviv.
She won the Prime Minister Prize for Fiction (Israel, 2001),
ACUM Prize (Israel, 1995 & 2009), and CAPS prize for fiction (1981, New York).

She has one daughter, Enid, to whom “The Mountain” is dedicated.
and performed at New York University (1985).


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"אני, חבקוק" היא יצירה רב משמעית. היא מאפשרת לקורא להרחיק לכת, בינו לבין עצמו, בדיון פנימי בקשר שבין הרגש האנושי, לבין המחשבה האנושית המושכלת לבין עצם קיומו. זו יצירה עברית, ישראלית, שהיא כלל אנושית. משום שאינה דומה לכל מה שנכתב כאן, ומשום שהיא יצירה פתוחה, היא גם דלת פתוחה מיוחדת במינה. ואני מוסיף לקוראים – היכנסו. זו הזמנה אישית שלי. רבקה רז ראויה. וגם הקורא.

אני, חבקוק

הוא יודע שרק המנהרה תביא אותו לאן שהוא באמת רוצה להגיע, אל הים שאליו יגיח מפתח המנהרה ויהיה הים שלו, הוא בטוח שהגיע הזמן לזוז.

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The mountain

Alone, a woman climbs a gigantic mountain. When she starts, she is confident the Summit will be reached in a week or two.

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The Fairy Tales Of My Mind

Tom and John and Annette and Naanette, whose communal love story has fired people's imagination all over the world, disappear.

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From A to Z

A linguistic fairytale: Punctuation Marks decide to leave the language. They jump out of the books, out of the libraries and set out on their long journey to their beloved homeland, Punctu-Land.

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I am Going to Die, He Said

Can life drawing to its end be meaningful, even creative? I am Going to Die, He said is a story of life magnified by love, and although the title suggests a life drawing to its end, the story articulates an unquenchable thirst for life.

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Woman, First Person Singular

A woman is looking for the meaning of life in the minute details and commitments of everyday life, searching for the wonder in the routine, the extraordinary within the ordinary.

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The Way of Woman

The process of baking the bread is related to street events, staircases, neighbors , and even crows in the yard.

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In the Image of Woman

In the Image of Woman tells the story of a woman who crisscrosses the land in search of her mother's hidden orchard.

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The Land of Flowering Bones

Flowering Bones is an ongoing, multi-dimensional dialogue between two women. They may be childhood friends, perhaps they are sisters or even lovers;

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The Writer Whithin

The Writer Whithin will benefit people who wish to write but cannot

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From Moscow To Jerusalem

"As long as I live, as long as I am capable of feeling , I will do all I can to get to Israel.." These bold words were written in 1968 by Boris Kochubievsky ...

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Charlie Tar

Daphne’s mother was killed in a car accident five years ago when Daphne was only six years old. Since then, she has lived with her father and the black cat, Charlie Tar.

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creative writing workshops

Rebecca Rass creative writing workshops offer tools to reach inward and discover the stories within. Since writing is an activity of the soul, a journey inward, means plunging into our memories and into our imagination; to look for meanings in our experiences of triumph and failure, to discern the narrative and the poetic in every day life, and thus to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary.

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