Janice Weizman, at The Blogs

May 7, 2024, 11:23 PM

Lies that tell a truth – and why they’re so important

From cover of 'Our Little Histories,' by the author.

Fiction gives its readers a window into the contradictions of human nature that always trouble people, no less during these difficult times

Mar 2, 2014, 6:26 PM

Writing about the silent and the absent

A few years ago I enrolled in an Open University course entitled The History of Islam. I had been living in Israel for over 15 years, and the class, tracing the rise of Muhammad and continuing into the Golden...

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Janice Weizman is the author of the award-winning historical novel, The Wayward Moon (Yotzeret, 2012), which has been reissued with Toby Press, an affiliate of Koren Publishers. Her writing has appeared in Ha’aretz, The Jerusalem Report, Lilith, World Literature Today, and other places. She served for 10 years as a Fiction editor for The Ilanot Review, and now curates the book review website, Reading Jewish Fiction. Her second novel, Our Little Histories, came out in August 2023. Born and raised in Toronto, Janice has lived in Israel for over 40 years. She is currently working on a novel about the relationship between art and power. Find out more at janiceweizman.com.

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