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Articles by Gila Green
Guest Blog: The Jewish Woman Who Informed My Entire Career (and Life)
My family immigrated to America from the Soviet Union in 1977. I was seven years old. I spoke no English. (OK, that's not true. I knew the words "apple" and "the." How do you translate the word "the?") I knew nothing about fitting in at my new Jewish Day School, or San Francisco, CA, in general. And then I discovered television.
We All Have to Comfort Each Other
This piece is part of our Witnessing series, which shares pieces from Israeli authors and authors in Israel, as well as the experiences of Jewish writers around the globe in the aftermath of October 7th. It is critical to understand history not just through the books that will be written later, but also through the first-hand testimonies and real-time accounting of events as they occur.
Guest Post: Sally Wiener Grotta shares her journey as an accidental biblical student
Don't get me wrong. I'm proud of my Jewish heritage, and I have respect for all people of faith. At its best, the Abrahamic tradition, which includes Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, is one that honors kindness, justice, equitable human rights, and all the other values that I revere as the foundation for a thriving society. But, for me, Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Leah, and the other biblical women were ancient archetypes who seemed to have no relevance to my modern life.
A Yemenite Jewish Grandmother's Delicious Remedy For What Ails You
In a beautiful coincidence, my daughter-in-law’s Savta (grandmother) Shoshana was born in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, where my paternal great-grandparents were also born. Both our families ended up in Israel. While my father was less forthcoming about his Yemenite heritage, I recognize many of the traditions and behaviors that my daughter-in-law has shared with me about her beloved savta.
Author Interview: Diana Bletter
Font size: + – Diana Rachel Bletter is the author of the National Jewish Book Award Finalist, The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women (Jewish Publication Society), A Remarkable Kindness (HarperCollins, 2015) and a memoir, The Mom Who Took Off On Her Motorcycle. Her latest book is The Loving Yourself Book for Women: A Practical Guide to Boost Self-Esteem, Heal Your Inner Child, and Celebrate the Woman You Are. To follow Diana: www.dianabletter.com.
This Yemenite Jewish Porridge Is the Comfort Food of My Childhood
My father was a short-order cook, a strictly stovetop kind of guy. Israeli salads and scrambled eggs. I never saw him approach the lower half of the oven, except to clean it within an inch of its life. It would take me until my 30s to realize that he did not grow up with anything like the ovens we had in Canada, and that there wasn’t much in his childhood home to place in a stove. He was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1936 to Yemenite parents, who themselves were born in Ottoman Palestine.
The Beauty of Jewish Board Books By Nancy Churnin
Small, but mighty. Board books, aimed at toddlers – can have a powerful effect on a child's language, social and emotional development. Jewish board books in particular can provide a valuable opportunity to provide windows, mirrors and sliding glass doors that nourish Jewish and non-Jewish children alike at that all important time in their lives when they are learning words, concepts, pride, inclusion, empathy and a sense of community. And yet, new board books can be hard to find.
Guest Post: Marcia Berneger discusses diversity in children's books
I want to welcome Marcia Berneger to gilagreenwrites. I'm so happy to have her here to share her thoughts on a topic on the minds of many readers and writers: diversity in children's books. Thank you Marcia for stopping by and I wish you the best of luck on your book, A Dreidel in Time, coming out just in time for Hanukkah.
Author Interview: Nancy Churnin visits gilagreenwrites
Font size: + – I'm so excited to have Nancy Churnin visit gilagreenwrites. Her new children's book is an absolute delight to read! After all of these years with Charles Dickens, this book explores a refreshing, new (well, new to me), Jewish angle that is so well done. Nancy doesn't hit the reader over the head with a hammer, yet gets her message across about "speaking truth to power" in a really relatable way.
LISTEN: My podcast with NovelClass on The Last Watchman of Old Cairo
Font size: + – My latest podcast with Dave Pezza's NovelClass is out. I loved discussing The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by author Michael David Lukas. This opportunity came at an ideal time. I had just participated in the Vancouver Jewish Book Festival (February 2020) and spent an evening as part of the festival enjoying a livestream interview with, you guessed it, author Michael David Lukas. The podcast came on the heels of that evening, which added to my lively discussion with Dave Pezza.
Podcasting with NovelClass October 23
Font size: + – I review If You Want to Make God Laugh with Boston's Dave Pezza 23/10 NovelClass podcast. There's a gift for listeners who tune in! About the author Blog Archive Latest Books No Entry In No Entry, Canadian teenager, Yael Amar, signs on to an elephant conservation program and ends up coming face to face with violence, greed, and murder and the taste of a very real danger for all of us: elephant extinction.
Thrilled to be cohosting NovelClass
Font size: + – I'll be cohosting a NovelClass podcast this September when their season re-opens. So looking forward to talking to Dave Pezza about author Bianca Marais's If You Want to Make God Laugh. Thanks so much for the opportunity to join you! About the author Blog Archive Latest Books White Zion White Zion is a novel in stories forthcoming from Cervena Barva Press (April 2019).
Five Stars for my novel Passport Control
Font size: + – I am delighted to share the latest NovelClass podcast featuring my novel Passport Control. Thanks to Dave Pezza and Daniel Ford for taking the time to read and review Passport Control in a lively and engaging discussion. To give you a taste of their excellent podcast, check out their five-star Goodreads reviews: Daniel Ford It was amazing. I loved this novel. I kept thinking it would make an excellent play. It will also make you very hungry! David Pezza It was amazing.
Jewish Book Carnival: February 2019
Font size: + – February Jewish Book Carnival 2019 I am excited to present this month's Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly event where those who cover Jewish books online "can meet, read, and comment on each others' posts." Organized by the Association of Jewish Libraries, the Carnival travels around and is hosted on a different participant's site on the 15th of each month. For me February has always been the month that looks both ways: one face toward winter and the other yearning for spring.
Female mayor's election curtails runaway extremism in Beit Shemesh
A NEW DAWN IN BEIT SHEMESH: Gila Green took this photo walking in Beit Shemesh shortly after the community elected its first female mayor. The tribalism that reigned in Beit Shemesh for a decade is over I live in Beit Shemesh, the city that made global headlines when a Jewish man spat on a young girl (in December 2011).
I’ll Bet You Think This Story’s about You: When People Keep Finding Themselves in Your Fiction
My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying. —Anton Chekhov “Do you know what your brother did when he finished reading your novel?” my mother asks. “He WhatsApped me,” I answer. “‘Just finished your book. Great read’.” I reread my brother’s exact words from my phone. There is a cheery note in my voice because I’ve already won this conversation.
Female mayor's election curtails runaway extremism in Beit Shemesh
A NEW DAWN IN BEIT SHEMESH: Gila Green took this photo walking near Beit Shemesh shortly after the community elected its first female mayor. The tribalism that reigned in Beit Shemesh for a decade is over By Gila Green I live in Beit Shemesh, the city that made global headlines when a Jewish man spat on a young girl (in December 2011).
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