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Ilana Kurshan

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New York, NY, The United States

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Nonfiction, Religion, Spirituality

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Ilana Kurshan is a graduate of Harvard University 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 book editor of Lilith magazine. Kurshan is the author of If All the Seas Were Ink, winner of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish literature.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 2,109 ratings · 415 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir 3.97 avg rating — 1,539 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales by Ruth Calderon, Ilana Kurshan (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together 4.06 avg rating — 142 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tale of Two Cats by Ayin Hillel, Shimrit Elkanati (Artist), Ilana Kurshan (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 93 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uri and the King of Darkness: A Hanukkah Story by Nati Bait, Ilana Kurshan (translator), Carmel Ben Ami (illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of a Coat by Kadya Molodowsky, Batia Kolton (Visual Art), Ilana Kurshan (Translator) 3.24 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hedgehog Who Said, Who Cares? by Neri Aluma, Amit Trainin (Illustrator), Ilana Kurshan (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?: "The Four Questions" Around the World 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Love is over and the woman has heard the Talmud. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is impossible for any two people to learn the exact same Torah, because the moment someone internalizes what he or she has learned, that learning begins to assume his or her shape. In this sense, the vessel and the contents are inherently interrelated.”
― Ilana Kurshan, If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir

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“A mitzvah is an opportunity to encounter the divine. Saying a blessing before eating is a way of involving God in the meal, and praying in the morning is a way of infusing the day with holiness. Whenever possible, I try not to pass up those opportunities.”
― Ilana Kurshan, If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir

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“Studying Torah is about novelty. It is about conquering new territory, synthesizing more and more information, and coming up with insights that cast everything that came before in a whole new light.”
― Ilana Kurshan, If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir

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