Writers from Jerusalem

Rula Jebreal (Arabic: رولا جبريل, Hebrew: רולא ג'בריל; born April 24, 1973) is a Palestinian foreign policy analyst, journalist, novelist and screenwriter with dual Israeli and Italian citizenship. She was a commentator for MSNBC.

Guy Harley Oseary (Hebrew: גיא עוזרי‎; born October 3, 1972) is an American talent manager, investor, writer and businessman. His clients include Madonna and U2.

Karola Ruth Westheimer (née Siegel; June 4, 1928 – July 12, 2024), better known as Dr. Ruth, was a German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, and Holocaust survivor.

Angelika Schrobsdorff (24 December 1927 – 30 July 2016) was a German writer.

Abraham B. Yehoshua (Hebrew: א.ב. יהושע, December 9, 1936 – June 14, 2022) was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright, published as A. B. Yehoshua. The New York Times called him the "Israeli Faulkner".

Amos Oz (Hebrew: עמוס עוז‎; born Amos Klausner; 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onwards, Oz was a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Amos Kollek (Hebrew: עמוס קולק‎; born September 15, 1947) is an Israeli film director, writer and actor.

Fawwaz Tuqan (Arabic: فواز أحمد طوقان‎) is a Jordanian-Palestinian poet, novelist and professor. He was born on 6 September 1940 to a notable Palestinian family in Jordan. His father is Ahmad Abdul Fattah Tuqan, a former Prime Minister of Jordan.

Yotam Assaf Ottolenghi (born 14 December 1968) is an Israeli-English chef, restaurateur, and food writer. He is the co-owner of six delis and restaurants in London, as well as the author of several bestselling cookbooks, including Ottolenghi (2008), Plenty (2010), Jerusalem (2012) and SIMPLE (2018).

Jamie Geller (Hebrew: ג'יימי גלר; born May 29, 1978) is an American best-selling cookbook author, celebrity chef, television producer and businesswoman who is the Chief Media and Marketing Officer at Aish. She is an author of 8 cookbooks and the founder of Kosher Media Network (now called Kosher Network International). In 2010, the network launched the Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller online cooking show, print magazine and PBS Chanukah special. She has been called "The Kosher Rachael Ray" by the Miami Herald, and the Queen of Kosher. Geller has sold close to 100,000 cookbooks.