PinnedIlana BlumbergThat They Be Safe in the Land: from Jerusalem, Oct 12, 2023I can’t sleep more than a few fitful hours at a time. I look at my phone, force myself to put it down, close my eyes, and wait and wait…Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Ilana Blumberg“We Regret to Inform You”: Jerusalem Diary, November 15, 2023.35 Days After October 7, 2023, Jerusalem.Nov 20, 2023Nov 20, 2023
Ilana BlumbergAbsentee ballot: Living the American election from IsraelLiving in Israel as a dual citizen, American and Israeli, is a killer this week. People go about their business as if it were an ordinary…Nov 3, 2020Nov 3, 2020
Ilana BlumberginAge of AwarenessThe Video that Should Have Gone Viral: Why Police Don’t Belong in SchoolsIn a nation where the biggest waves of social change in a generation began with a fuzzy cellphone video of a man named George Floyd, I…Jul 27, 2020Jul 27, 2020
Ilana BlumbergSchooling and Getting SchooledEducating identified Jewish kids in the United States feels like working off-script. It’s one long improvisation. This is certainly true…Jan 28, 2020Jan 28, 2020
Ilana BlumbergHiring Passover Cleaning Help Woke Me Up To My Own PrivilegePassover is around the corner. This year, as I begin to prepare in Jerusalem, where cleaning products went on sale the morning after Purim…Apr 15, 2019Apr 15, 2019
Ilana BlumbergWhy Teachers Need to Remember What It’s Like to LearnI spend a lot of time remembering, and just about as much time imagining.Feb 12, 2019Feb 12, 2019
Ilana BlumbergThe World Outside the ClassroomFrom Open Your Hand: Teaching as a Jew, Teaching as an American, 53–57. Copyright ©2019 by Ilana Blumberg. Reprinted by permission of…Feb 8, 2019Feb 8, 2019
Ilana BlumbergWhat I Learned Watching my Sixth-Grader Take His Test at the Kitchen TablePart Two: Breathing with my Sixth-Grader’s TeacherDec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018