The Ruined House: A Conversation with Israeli-American Author RUBY NAMDAR

Come join celebrated and award-winning author RUBY NAMDAR as he discusses and reads from his novel, “The Ruined House”, recently called by the NY Times, “A masterpiece of modern religious literature.”

RUBY NAMDAR was born and raised in Jerusalem to a family of Iranian-Jewish heritage. His first book, Haviv (2000) won The Ministry of Culture’s Award for Best First Publication. His novel The Ruined House has won the Sapir Prize—Israel’s most prestigious literary award. In The Ruined House, an elegant NYU professor at the peak of his powers is reduced to a quivering puddle by a violent, unsought, yearlong spiritual awakening. Jumping between New York of 2000 and the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, the novel presents a Jewish American tale, merging reality with myth, brutality with fragility.