Uncertain Travelers: Conversations with Jewish Women Immigrants to America (HBI Series on Jewish Women)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (772 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0874519454 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 221 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Her many books include A Map of Hope (1999), Dear Anne Frank (1998), Always from Somewhere Else (1998), Ashes of Revolt (1996), and A Cross and a Star (1995). MARJORIE AGOSIN is Professor of Spanish at Wellesley College. She recently received an award from the Boston division of the United Nations for her work in human rights
An exploration of Jewish women's immigration to America.
George Cohen. Some came as children, others as adults; some arrived well-off, others as veritable refugees. They came from different places and for different reasons, some to escape political turmoil or to pursue economic opportunities. Each interview is preceded by a brief biographical introduction. Uncertain Travelers is an important contribution to women's and Jewish studies. Her new book, the first of the Brandeis Jewish Women series, contains interviews with nine Jewish immigrants who arrived in the U.S. From Booklist Marjorie Agosin, a Chilean writer and human rights activist, is the author of A Cross and a Star: Memoi
Tales of Brave Women who Touch Your Heart Lynn Ruth Miller UNCERTAIN TRAVELERS: Conversations with Jewish Women Immigrants to America by Marjorie Agosin 214 pages; University Press of New England "I am certain that my early beginnings and the paths I traveled have opened my heart to the misery and pain of others," says Katherine Scherzer Wenger in conversation with Marjorie Agosin in her book UNCERTAIN TRAVELERS. Wenger, born in Romania in 1950, arrived in New York in 1963 and is now a psychotherapist in Boston. Although her family survived World War II and she was born after the war was over, that struggle for survival still dominates her life. "Though not having directly gone th. Uncertain Travelers:Convsersations with Jewish Women Immigra An engrossing and sensitive book in dialogue form between Marjorie Agosin, a Chilean woman living in the United States and teaching at Wellesley College and other educated Jewish women who have emigrated to the United States from Europe,Cuba, Chile and other countries. The joys and difficulties of adjusting to a new culture, the feeling of "otherness" both in their homeland and in their new homes are explored and described in a meaningful way. I felt the thoughtfulness and personality of each participant as they answered the questions asked by the interviewer.. "this woman was not named ZEZETTE Larson. In her final days she had developed bad mesenility. But she was always goid and kind." according to Maria Shannon. The woman you interviewed who was the first woman to drive a automobile in Holland was my Great grandmother. Blue eyes and a loving husband who traveled to and from Amsterdam with no children of their own. This is my family. The woman's name is Martha Louise De Jung Catz.the