The behind-the-scenes work of editor and translator Amatzia Porat is credited with shaping Hebrew and Israeli literature in the late 20th century. As Stanford Libraries has acquired Porat’s papers we will celebrate his life and work:

3:00pm Celebrating the Editor, a panel

• Eitan Kensky - Moderator

• Vered Shemtov -The Editor as a translator

• Giddon Ticotsky - On Editing

• Uri Cohen - The contribution of the Archive to the study of Hebrew Literature

4:00pm Yiftah Porat on his father

4:15pm Taube Center doctoral candidate Ariel Horowitz will read from his new bestseller The Ghost Editor (עורך צללים).

5:15pm A reception in celebration of Amatzia Porat.