Selected articles and blog posts by Ilana: 

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Public Books, March 2021 - Can Novels Make Amends?

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Lilith - A Jew in America Becomes a Jew in Israel

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Medium - Learning to Breathe With My Sixth Grader's Teacher

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Medium - Goodnight, Tween: Why I'm Still Reading Out Loud to my Kids

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929, Age Old Text: New Perspectives,

Essays on the Book of Numbers

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Forward - Hiring Passover Cleaning Help Woke Me Up To The Realities Of American Poverty

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Forward - Being A Mom in the Midst of War

 

Forward - Books Aren't Born

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Selected Reviews of Open Your Hand: 

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"In Defense of Education," Raphael Magarik, The Forward

 

Review, by Stu Halpern. Jewish Book Council

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Erika Dreifus, Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer

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"Educator Makes Case for the Humanities," Martin Lockshin, Canadian Jewish News

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Selected Reviews of Houses of Study: 

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Publishers Weekly

 

"Female Weisdom/Male Knowledge," by Ilana Kurshan, Lilith

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Review, by Vanessa Ochs, Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Issues and Gender Studies

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"Memoir of a Brovender's Girl," by Sandee Brawarsky, New York Jewish Week