My Book of Ruth: Reflections of a Jewish Girl: a Memoir in Thirty Six Essays - Couverture rigide

Lehrer, Ruth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1438972636 ISBN 13 : 9781438972633

Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2010

Synopsis

Ruth Lehrer's memoir-in-thirty-six essays is a compelling contemplation about her life as a secular American Jewish woman. With humor and passion, she tells of her family's arrival in America in 1920, her Yiddishe Mama, Catskill vacations, Bar Mitzvahs, Christmas trees, war and peace, religion, God, and politics. She delights in books, theatre, and film with Jewish content, and laughs loudest at jokes told in Yiddish. When she hears of a crime, she prays that the perpetrator is not Jewish. A Judaica gift shop is her favorite place to browse.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Ruth Lehrer's memoir-in-thirty-six essays is a compelling contemplation about her life as a secular American Jewish woman. With humor and passion, she tells of her family's arrival in America in 1920, her Yiddishe Mama, Catskill vacations, Bar Mitzvahs, Christmas trees, war and peace, religion, God, and politics. She delights in books, theatre, and film with Jewish content, and laughs loudest at jokes told in Yiddish. When she hears of a crime, she prays that the perpetrator is not Jewish. A Judaica gift shop is her favorite place to browse. "Religion-lite may be hypocritical", Ruth writes, "but what we need to be worried about is religion-heavy". She still wears her 1960's pendant trumpeting "War is not healthy for children and other living things". Jewish Mother jokes, a sure-fire winner in a comedian's arsenal, are stereotypical and exaggerated. But for her, they contain more than a nugget of truth. Her big regret is not speaking Yiddish with her sons.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ruth Lehrer began writing personal essays after she retired from her elementary school classroom in 1984. Some have appeared in Newsday, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Hadassah, Jewish Currents, The Reporter, Gluten-Free Living, and in the anthologies Mother of the Groom, Women Celebrate, and Chicken Soup for the Mom's Soul. Ruth has been married to Arthur for sixty years. They live in Queens, New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AuthorHouse
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1438972636
• ISBN 13: 9781438972633
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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