Novall

Novall asked Anita Diamant:

I just discovered your books! You have provided fascinating insight into contemporary Jewish culture. Keep writing! Are you related to the author Kathi Diamant? Or are you related to Dora Diamant, the last girlfriend of Franz Kafka?

Anita Diamant Thanks for your note but no, I am not related to either of those ladies.

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Mary CARNES

Mary CARNES asked Anita Diamant:

Your "Red Tent" gives me joy. What was the most important book you read as a child? The book that lives in your heart even now?

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A Goodreads user asked Anita Diamant:

I just visited Shechem (not the city, the adjacent mountaintop to Gerizim and Ebal). There is a sense of crossroads that one experiences looking at the city, and of course, long after Dinah's story, the Torah uses the mountains to represent choices that can result in blessing or cursing. Did geography affect what you wrote, or was it more of a psychological exploration of the characters and culture?

Morgan Hevel

Morgan Hevel asked Anita Diamant:

Your book, 'The Red Tent' has opened my eyes to the women of the Bible. I love these women, and I'm glad to read such a brilliant book that makes me laugh, smile, and cry with Dinah; someone so overlooked in her own story. Though I need to know, what encouraged you to write about Dinah? What made Dinah that special woman with such a short story, that had you turn her into such a powerful and gorgeous woman?

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