Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together by Ilana Kurshan Yiddish Learning historian of Polish-Jewish culture and

historian of Polish-Jewish culture and child of Holocaust survivors

Umansky • Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig

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include words and expressions used by professionals and tradesmen

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Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together by Ilana Kurshan Yiddish Learning historian of Polish-Jewish culture andIn Children of the Book, Ilana Kurshan reveals how literature weaves an invisible thread through the tapestry of family life. Kurshan, a mother of five living in Jerusalem, struggles to balance her passion for books with her responsibilities as a parent. Gradually she learns how to relate to reading not as a solitary pursuit and an escape from the messiness of life, but rather as a way of forging connection and teaching independence. Introducing her