Chezoovy·Jun 16Film Adaptations | Ivanhoe“A cow jumped the moon, but a fool he jumps higher, from Wamba the serf, to Wamba the squire.” — Wamba, Ivanhoe 1952
Alison Bass·Feb 17Rebecca of Ivanhoe featured in JBC’s Spotlight this weekMy novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, is featured in this week’s Spotlight by the Jewish Book Council. As one reviewer wrote, ““Rebecca of Ivanhoe…
Bill P·Feb 8Ivanhoe, TexasIvanhoe is a small town in Texas just north of Bonham in Fannin County and close to the Oklahoma border. It was originally called Hawkins’…
Alison Bass·Oct 27, 2025Bass to discuss Rebecca of Ivanhoe at Cherry Hill JCC FestivalOn Monday, Nov. 10, I will be discussing my novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, as part of a panel on Jewish Voices in Classic Literature at the…
Chezoovy·Aug 8, 2025Book Review | IvanhoeWhen Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott was first published (1819) it was very popularly received. It’s popularity was sustained, influenced both…
Alison Bass·Mar 10, 2025How I discovered Spain’s Esther while writing Rebecca of IvanhoeI stumbled across Rachel of Esra, the Jewish mistress to King Alfonso VIII and Spain’s Esther for a brief shining moment, when I was doing…
Alison Bass·Dec 30, 2024How Maimonides ended up in Rebecca of IvanhoeLike many Jews, I had heard of Maimonides, the 12th century Jewish philosopher and physician who was one of the most prolific scholars of…
Alison Bass·Oct 15, 2024Rebecca of Ivanhoe: Wise woman, healer, witch?In Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, Rebecca is portrayed as an almost magical healer who has special ointments that can rid the body of…
Alison Bass·Sep 24, 2024How historical reality shaped Rebecca of IvanhoeNear the end of his classic tale, Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott mentions that Rebecca, the healer rescued by Ivanhoe, and her father are…
Alison Bass·Sep 3, 2024A few new and noteworthy historical fiction titlesI am a lover of historical fiction, which is why it makes sense, when I turned my hand to fiction, that I chose to write a historical…
