One Family's Century-Long Israeli Journey: Gila Green

Anything But Traditional

Canadian author Gila Green is an Israel-based writer, editor, and EFL teacher with a unique perspective on the unfolding events of Israeli history.

Growing up, her house was intensely Zionistic, as her father grew up in British-mandated Palestine and lived through three wars during his early years of life.

Then while traveling in Israel, Gila met her husband, who grew up in South Africa under apartheid. Together, they decided that Israel was the best place for them to live.

Today, Gila has been living in Israel for the past few decades in Ramat Beit Shemesh, and currently, her son-in-law is in reserves, and previously her son served as well.

With this amount of personal experience and unique understanding of Israel, Gila has put her knowledge and experience to good use as she writes fervently about Israel and has written several fictional novels and shorts on the topic.

Here are just some of her novels:

Passport Control (S&H Publishing, Virginia, 2018)

White Zion, a novel-in-stories (Cervena Barva Press, Massachusetts, 2019)

No Entry (Stormbird Press, Australia, 2019)

King of the Class (NON Publishing, Vancouver, 2013)

Gila is excited to publish her 5th book, a suspense thriller entitled: With A Good Eye, (AOS Publishing, Montreal this coming August). You can pre-order the Novel here.

Lastly, Gila has been in several articles and podcasts, including her most recent interview with Distinctions, a piece brought up several times throughout our episode.

To get in touch with Gila, feel free to check out her website, and make sure to check out her new TikTok and Instagram where she makes fun cooking videos with her kids!

As always, I would love to delve into it with you. So please feel free to visit @talesoftamar on Instagram to expand the conversation and hear updates about future episodes.

Thank you for listening!