Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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Oct 24, 2026
Wes GardenswartzHOST
It happens in Jerusalem.
Wes GardenswartzHOST
It happens in 1967 after the war between two of the great writers of the 20th century, Shmuel Agnon and Saul Bellow, who were having tea in Jerusalem.
Wes GardenswartzHOST
Shmuel Agnon at the time was 80 years old, and he had just won the Nobel Prize in literature the year before in 1966.
Wes GardenswartzHOST
Saul Bellow at the time was 52 years old, He was an up-and-comer.
Wes GardenswartzHOST
His first books had earned an enthusiastic acclaim.
Noa YedlinGUEST
I never dreamed of becoming a writer.
Noa YedlinGUEST
You know, it's, I don't know how you feel about it, but, you know, saying you're a writer, it's something, it's, it's, Agnon is a writer, Franzen is a writer.
Noa YedlinGUEST
But so I never thought about it.
Noa YedlinGUEST
I just started scribbling and just working on something.
Hershel SchachterHOST
We Paschan, it's not Chayvas Mone.
Hershel SchachterHOST
I remember when Agnon got a Nobel Award for literature.
Hershel SchachterHOST
He came to America to celebrate.
Hershel SchachterHOST
They didn't give him the award in America.
Reuven BrandHOST
But I don't think, like, when he was in Yafo, he wasn't dealing with, like, Conservative rabbis.
Reuven BrandHOST
He's dealing with, you know, Shai Agnon, who's not wearing a kippah.
Reuven BrandHOST
Like, that's what he was dealing with.
Reuven BrandHOST
It was more that type of-- That's my, that's my understanding, but it could be I'm wrong.
Reuven BrandHOST
For Rav Kook, it's more going to be about... how do you address the national Jewish identity? How do you address spirituality, Kabbalah, mysticism, the relation between the individual and the collective, and the religious and non-religious? But I don't think, like, when he was in Jaffa, he wasn't dealing with, like, conservative rabbis.
Reuven BrandHOST
He's dealing with, you know, Shai Agnon, who's not wearing a kippah.
Reuven BrandHOST
Like, that's what he was dealing with.
Reuven BrandHOST
It was more that type of, that's my understanding, but it could be I'm wrong.