• EMU Buzz Cafe
• November 12, 2009
• 6:30pm

Sponsored by Oregon Hillel

Ehrlich, who is currently artist-in-residence at PSU, was a former journalist and instructor of Hebrew and Israeli culture at various American universities and in addition to his writing is the owner of a bookstore/café in Jerusalem.

Ehrlich was a staff writer for Ha'aretz, Israel's leading newspaper; a reporter and producer for Israeli radio; and recently published two collections of short stories, "Tuesday and Thursday Mornings" and "18 Blue." He has lectured widely in the U.S. on topics such as literary representations of the Middle East crisis, and regularly moderates readings and discussions at his literary café, T'mol Shilshom. A founder of the Israeli AIDS Task Force in the 1980s, Ehrlich has long been active on behalf of gay rights in Israel.