If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir by Ilana Kurshan Holocaust History weaving a literary tapestry of

weaving a literary tapestry of the perils

Despite predictions of the demise of Yiddish-dating back well before half of its speakers were murdered during the Holocaust-the language leads a vibrant

and is also a case study of ethnic violence in emerging political entities

after World War II

In the early 1990s Anna met Lawrence A

If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir by Ilana Kurshan Holocaust History weaving a literary tapestry ofAt the age of twenty seven, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the worlds largest book club, learning daf yomi, Hebrew fordaily 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