Book : If All The Seas Were Ink A Memoir - Kurshan, Ilana

-Titulo Original : If All The Seas Were Ink A Memoir

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Picador

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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. **WINNER of the 2018 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the 2018 Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature****2018 Natan Book Award Finalist** **Finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Womens Studies **The Wall Street Journal: There is humor and heartbreak in these pages...Ms. 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 Jewish Standard:“Brilliant, beautifully written, sensitive, original.The Jerusalem Post:A beautiful and inspiring book. Both religious and secular readers will find themselves immensely moved by [Kurshans] personal story.”American Jewish World: “So engrossing I hardly could put it down.”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. Review I have now read the book three times ... If All The Seas Were Ink got me through a difficult year. Adam Lenson, Medium Rich and evocative.... By the end of Kurshan’s enchanting and illuminating memoir, we feel that we have come to know her as intimately as we have come to know the Talmud. Jonathan Kirsch, The Jewish Journal “Piercingly intelligent...Riveting...What Kurshan has produced is entirely novel.” The Times of Israel“It takes a brilliant intellect to study the Talmud the way Kurshandoes...If All the Seas Were Ink provides a true and clear exampleof text study that benefits the soul as well as the mind.” The Christian CenturyAn elegant, engaging and daunting tale of the many paths of human passion...This delightful and deep story of life made me feel as if Kurshan and I had several leisurely dinners together, or had met regularly at a cafe. Rochelle L. Millen, Hadassah Magazine Gripping. JewishMediaReview“Kurshan… writes beautifully about the complexities of love, loss, shame, growth and the things that matter. .. For her, the ancient pages are alive with ideas, and in them she finds both light and a new lightness of spirit.” Sandee Brawarsky, The Jewish WeekValuable for its lessons, whether one is religious or not. Southern Jewish Life“[Kurshan] is a gorgeous writer, emotionally honest and perceptive…She has written a beautiful and inspiring book. Both religious and secular readers will find themselves immensely moved by her personal story and the raw courage of the journey she has undertaken.” Elaine Margolin, The Jerusalem PostI am loving this memoir...[Kurshan] writes like nobody’s business. Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News ServiceFrom the moment I picked up If All the Seas Were Ink, I was not able to put it down...Highly recommended... No background in Talmud is needed to appreciate Kurshan’s intriguing story. When you turn the last page, you will walk away feeling talmudically enriched and already hoping for a sequel. Rabbi Judith Hauptman,