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The House of Memory: Jewish Stories from Jewish Women of Latin America
Marjorie Agosin ; Ruth Behar ; Andrea Jeftanovic ; Perla Sneh ; Nora Strejilevich
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The House of Memory: Jewish Stories from Jewish Women of Latin America
Featuring: Marjorie Agosin ; Ruth Behar ; Andrea Jeftanovic ; Perla Sneh ; Nora Strejilevich
The House of Memory: Jewish Stories from Jewish Women of Latin America was the first anthology of Latin American Jewish women’s writing to be published in the United States. Marjorie Agosin, editor of the anthology, joined by Ruth Behar, Andrea Jeftanovic, Perla Sneh, and Nora Strejilevich, the Yiddish-speaking writers whose work was included in this ground-breaking collection. They talk about the anthology and read a few selections.
Presented as part of the Yiddish Book Center’s 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish. Co-presented with Wellesley College Jewish Studies Department.
This event took place on September 15, 2022. It was presented online by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA.
This recording was digitized and added to the library in October 2022.
This recording is in English
