If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir
Sep 2017 · Macmillan + ORM
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"There is humor and heartbreak in these pages. . . . [Kurshan] immerses herself in the demands of daily Talmud study and allows the words of ancient scholars to transform the patterns of her own life." — The Wall Street Journal
At the age of twenty-seven, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the world's largest book club, learning daf yomi, Hebrew for "daily page" of the Talmud, a book of rabbinic teachings spanning about six hundred years. Her story is a tale of heartache and humor, of love and loss, of marriage and motherhood, and of learning to put one foot in front of the other by turning page after page.
Kurshan takes us on a deeply accessible and personal guided tour of the Talmud. For people of the book—both Jewish and non-Jewish— If All the Seas Were Ink is a celebration of learning, through literature, how to fall in love once again.
"Brilliant, beautifully written, sensitive, original." — The Jewish Standard
"A beautiful and inspiring book. Both religious and secular readers will find themselves immensely moved by [Kurshan's] personal story." — The Jerusalem Post
"Engrossing." — American Jewish World
At the age of twenty-seven, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the world's largest book club, learning daf yomi, Hebrew for "daily page" of the Talmud, a book of rabbinic teachings spanning about six hundred years. Her story is a tale of heartache and humor, of love and loss, of marriage and motherhood, and of learning to put one foot in front of the other by turning page after page.
Kurshan takes us on a deeply accessible and personal guided tour of the Talmud. For people of the book—both Jewish and non-Jewish— If All the Seas Were Ink is a celebration of learning, through literature, how to fall in love once again.
"Brilliant, beautifully written, sensitive, original." — The Jewish Standard
"A beautiful and inspiring book. Both religious and secular readers will find themselves immensely moved by [Kurshan's] personal story." — The Jerusalem Post
"Engrossing." — American Jewish World
"There is humor and heartbreak in these pages. . . . [Kurshan] immerses herself in the demands of daily Talmud study and allows the words of ancient scholars to transform the patterns of her own life." — The Wall Street Journal
At the age of twenty-seven, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a pain...
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About the author
Ilana Kurshan is a graduate of Harvard and Cambridge. She has worked in literary publishing both in New York and in Jerusalem, as a translator and foreign rights agent and as the books editor of Lilith magazine. Her writing has appeared in Tablet, Lilith, Hadassah, The Forward, Kveller, The World Jewish Digest, Nashim, and The Jewish Week. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and four children. Ilana is the author of Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights? and If All The Seas Were Ink.
Ilana Kurshan is a graduate of Harvard and Cambridge. She has worked in literary publishing both in New York and in Jerusalem, as a translator and foreign rights agent and as the books editor of Lilith magazine. Her writing has appeared in Tablet, Lilith, Hadassah, The Forward, Kveller, The World...
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