Current sectionArt & CultureBooksShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeIllustration: Marina GrechanikApart from the celebrity appeal of a book co-written by one of the faces of Channel 12 News, there is little justification for translating "Don't Feed the Lion" into Hebrew. The novel was written to help young Jews in the Diaspora confront antisemitismItay Ziv03:29 PM • August 05 2026 IDTThis month, a Hebrew translation of "Don't Feed the Lion" – a young adult novel by Channel 12 News journalist Yonit Levi and American journalist Bianna Golodryga – was published in Israel. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:anti-Israel Jewish DiasporaJews in AmericaAntisemitismItamar Ben-GvirIsrael's MediaBooksCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesMichigan PrimaryCori BushGazaHezbollahNetanyahuDavid BarneaElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastA Diss Track of Saint Levant Asks What Famous Palestinians Should BeUnlike Israel's Latest Influencer, Charli XCX Would Have Recognized RabinThe Way Netanyahu Treated His Brother's Partner Is the Way He Treats IsraelisCan Hot-air Balloons Lift Tourism Back to Israel's Gaza Border?The Massacre That Changed an Entire Documentary on Druze in the Golan HeightsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsNetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab Emirates'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of CommanderIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. Violence Has Become a Source of Joy