After October 7, Dorit Zilberman realized something about Holocaust survivors: "The very act of survival is heroism"

Dorit Zilberman, ahead of her 70th birthday and the launch of her 23rd book 'The Dark Side of the Bear', discusses her decision to now publish a book based on testimonies of Holocaust survivors. She explains how following October 7 she changed her perspective and concluded that the very act of survival is heroism.

Ahead of her 70th birthday and the launch of her 23rd book, 'The Dark Side of the Bear', Dorit Zilberman discusses her decision to now publish a book based on testimonies of Holocaust survivors that she has accompanied for decades. She describes how following the events of October 7 she changed her perspective on the Holocaust, and concluded that 'the very act of survival is heroism'. The book, a novel based on true stories, deals with the struggles of the second generation of Holocaust survivors, and opens with the mysterious suicide of Boaz, a former paratrooper who lost an eye in the Yom Kippur War. Zilberman, who also serves as the deputy chair of the Hebrew Writers Association, shares her personal connection to the stories and the characters based on people she knew.

After October 7, Dorit Zilberman realized something about Holocaust survivors: "The very act of survival is heroism"