Over the past 25 years, Cohen has translated more than 30 books and dozens of shorter works by some of the most renowned Israeli writers, including Amos Oz, Etgar Keret, Dorit Rabinyan, Ronit Matalon and Nir Baram.
“God’s Gang” features Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Hindu characters, each with a unique superpower associated with their religion, squaring off against mad scientists and aliens.
“He felt very loyal to Jews because they supported the Civil Rights Movement financially and emotionally and by directly participating in it,” said Nancy Kates, the Berkeley-based director of a 2002 documentary about Rustin.
“I wish people would just not see Native Americans as foreign. We are your neighbors. We’re in your synagogues. We’re there davening next to you.”
As Israel wages war against Hamas, another kind of battle is taking place more than 7,000 miles away — this one over a piece of provocative street art in a typically quiet San Francisco neighborhood.
