The kibbutz : "an exemplary nonfailure". The kibbutz at the present time (from Under this blazing light) ; Where the jackals howl (from Where the jackals howl) ; The way of the wind (from Where the jackals howl) ; An eextended family (from Elsewhere, perhaps) ; Secret adaptability (from A perfect peace)

Jerusalem : an alien city. An alien city (from Under this blazing light) ; It's cold in this Jerusalem of yours (from My Michael) ; Whoever moves toward the light moves toward the Holy City (from "Crusade," in Unto death) ; Life nowadays is like a stupid party (from The hill of evil counsel) ; A city where all men are half prophet, half prime minister (from Fima)

In the Promised Land. The meaning of homeland (from Under this blazing light) ; Thank God for His daily blessings (from In the land of Israel) ; Yours with great respect and in Jewish solidarity (from Black box) ; And so Yoel Ravid began to give in (from To know a woman) ; Hebrew melodies (from The slopes of Lebanon)

In an autobiographical vein. An autobiographical note (from Under this blazing light) ; Father and son in a search for love (from The same sea) ; My mother was thirty-eight when she died (from A tale of love and darkness) ; Imagining the other is a deep and subtle human pleasure (upon acceptance of the Goethe Prize).