The recent tragic death of my “ shayneh cousinkaleh” was a profound loss to our family. My cousin was an eyshet chayil, an ibergigaybineh(devoted) mameh, a zisseh bubbeh and a gitteh neshumeh. For me, her death also signified the loss of a Yiddish speaker. I thought about my cousinkaleh…
None can dispute author Sarah Hurwitz is well educated, well credentialed. A graduate of Harvard Law School, a White House political speechwriter, initially for Hilary Clinton, recently for First Lady Michelle Obama, she’s also trained as a hospital chaplain volunteering in an oncology…
Readers may recall the autobiographical, sexually explicit novel, Fear of Flying, published in 1973. Its wildly, popular author, second wave feminist, Erica Jong made a powerful contribution to feminist literature with a focus on “women’s sexual desires” equating or surpassing these…
Author Alyson Richman weaves fact with fantasy in her spooky new novel, The Missing Pages. Richman connects one tragedy --- the death of bibliophile Harry Widener, a passenger on the “unsinkable” steamship, Titanic-- to another, the loss of life in contemporary times, with the drowning…
Settled in business class on a flight from L.A. to Israel, Micha, a successful 39 year-old ghostwriter, remains baffled by the all-expenses-paid invitation from his favorite Aunt Adella. Micha hadn’t seen her in 24 years, though etched into his memory is the first time he met Adella, when …
