Ilana Blumberg

Mar 4, 2024 | jewishreviewofbooks.com | Ilana Blumberg |Akiva Schick |Elie Wiesel |Allan Nadler

The war grinds on in the dirty, rained-on city of Jerusalem. I wish this war were a scroll, with an ending that returns us immediately to the beginning. But it isn’t. The phrase “October 7” recurs constantly in our mouths, in our sentences. Newscasters sometimes switch it out for “the Black Shabbat.” Not a single person calls it “Simchat Torah,” though October 7 fell on that holiday when we complete the reading of the Torah and begin again in joy.

Nov 30, 2023 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Ilana Blumberg |Michael Simkin

This piece is one of an ongo­ing series that we are shar­ing from Israeli authors and authors in Israel. It is crit­i­cal to under­stand his­to­ry not just through the books that will be writ­ten lat­er, but also through the first-hand tes­ti­monies and real-time account­ing of events as they occur. At Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, we under­stand the val­ue of these writ­ten tes­ti­mo­ni­als and of shar­ing these indi­vid­ual expe­ri­ences.

Nov 16, 2023 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Julie Gray |Ilana Blumberg

Skip to main content Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, found­ed in 1943, is the longest-run­n­ing orga­ni­za­tion devot­ed exclu­sive­ly to the sup­port and cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox. This piece is one of an ongo­ing series that we are shar­ing from Israeli authors and authors in Israel.

Nov 15, 2023 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Ilana Blumberg |Julie Gray

Skip to main content Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, found­ed in 1943, is the longest-run­n­ing orga­ni­za­tion devot­ed exclu­sive­ly to the sup­port and cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox. This piece is one of an ongo­ing series that we are shar­ing from Israeli authors and authors in Israel.

Nov 8, 2023 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Ilana Blumberg

Skip to main content Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, found­ed in 1943, is the longest-run­n­ing orga­ni­za­tion devot­ed exclu­sive­ly to the sup­port and cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox. This piece is one of an ongo­ing series that we will be shar­ing in the com­ing days from Israeli authors and authors in Israel.