Elana Benjamin
ABOUT
Elana Benjamin
Elana Benjamin is a Jewish-Australian writer of Indian-Iraqi heritage. Her work has been published widely, including in Good Weekend, Sunday Life, The Sydney Morning Herald, SBS Voices and The Jewish Independent. Elana’s most recent book is Indian-Jewish Food: Recipes and Stories from the Backstreets of Bondi. Elana is also a contributor to two anthologies: Ruptured: Jewish Women in Australia Reflect on Life Post-October 7 and Growing Up Indian in Australia. Elana holds an Arts/Law degree with a history major from the University of New South Wales. She lives in Sydney with her husband and their two children.
PROGRAM SESSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
The Manly Writers' Festival acknowledges and thanks the original storytellers on the lands on which our events take place, the Gameraygal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing connection and culture, and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present, as well as emerging leaders.