Daniella Levy

Author, Translator, Educator

Writing

Books

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  • Disengagement (Kasva Press, 2020; literary fiction): When the Israeli government orders all Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip destroyed, Neve Adva becomes the unlikely crossroads where very different worlds collide and lives are changed forever.
  • By Light of Hidden Candles (Kasva Press, 2017; historical fiction): A Jewish American and a Catholic Spaniard travel to Madrid together to research their family histories, and what they discover in the Spanish archives forces them to confront the truth about who they are and what their faiths mean to them…
  • Letters to Josep: An Introduction to Judaism (Guiding Light Press, 2016; nonfiction): A collection of letters from an Orthodox Jew (yours truly) to a Christian friend in Barcelona about Judaism

Blogs

  • Letters to Josep: A collection of letters to a Christian friend in Barcelona about Judaism and life in Israel
  • The Rejection Survival Guide: Meditations on cultivating “creative resilience”–resilience against the rejection, criticism, and self-doubt that are part and parcel of a creative life
  • My author blog: Writer ponderings, background information on my work, and general updates
  • My blog on The Times of Israel: Opinion pieces on current events

Short Fiction

  • Reengagement (THEMA, 2019): A cantankerous bereaved mother is determined to give her obnoxious new neighbors a piece of her mind… but in so doing, finds her own perceptions changing
  • Cockatoo Tears (Qu, 2018): A little girl’s sudden obsession with saving the rainforest forces her mother to confront some uncomfortable truths
  • Scarf Sisters (arc-25, 2017): An Israeli settler and a Palestinian woman bond over their identical headscarves… until the political chaos around them intervenes
  • The Wedding Dress (Rathalla Review, 2017): An Ethiopian-Israeli terror survivor plans an elaborate wedding… unbeknownst to her distant husband
  • Shattered Glass (Newfound, 2017; nominated for the Pushcart Prize): A car crash and a paradigm shift on the road between Jerusalem and Hebron
  • The Olive Harvest (Reckoning, 2016): Violent conflict and seeds for peace in the Middle East, as told by an olive tree
  • Immersion (Jewish Literary Journal, 2016): A religious Jewish woman finds an unusual way to cope with heartbreak

Articles

Poetry