This is how one story goes: My PopPop’s PopPop and his family fled Romania sometime in the decades leading up to the holocaust, leaving behind land and family and lives…
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Am I Jew Enough? Questioning My Jewish Identity
by Guest Contributor September 21, 2020Image Credit: paper.prankster Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.” –Psalms 133 When my 11-year-old daughter informed me that she wanted…
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Percolations
by Daniel Elder April 30, 2019After my mother didn’t wake up; after the snow drifted down to mix with dirt like cream as the gravediggers heaped earth atop her casket; after the drive home to…
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The Nightmare of Succoth
by Guest Contributor April 12, 20191. The Washington Square Park rangers were hammering away at beige boards near the famous arch, as I pushed my older daughter Anna through the park in her new,…
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Fig Tree Books
by Entropy October 26, 2016The mission is embodied in our tagline: “Publishing the Best Literature of the American Jewish Experience.” We’ve attempted to take the best practices observed throughout the book-publishing business and adapt them to our particular style. We only publish a small number of books so we’re highly selective in our acquisitions. We’re looking for manuscripts that tell a story (whether via fiction or non-fiction) in a compelling, unique way that all readers will learn from and enjoy.
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Memories from a Hungry Syrian Jewish Granddaughter
by Guest Contributor September 26, 2016For my great-grandmother: Even when things change, memories remain Brooklyn, NY Kibbeh Nabelsieh (Golden Ground Meat-Filled Bulgur Shells) & Zeitoon (Assorted Syrian Olives) There’s a nook on the couch; a…