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The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt

by Ruth Andrew Ellenson

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Publisher Comments:

Twenty-eight of today’s top Jewish women writers tell the truth about all the things their rabbis warned them never to discuss in public in this hilarious and provocative collection.

Includes original essays on:

• Finding (and Divorcing) the Perfect Jewish Man

• Not Calling Your Mother

• Marrying a German

• Failing to Supply Enough Grandchildren

• Learning to RSVP No

• And many other guilty pleasures . . .

Includes pieces by:

Elisa Albert, Aimee Bender, Jennifer Bleyer, Kera Bolonik, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Baz Dreisinger, Pearl Gluck, Rebecca Goldstein, Lori Gottlieb, Lauren Grodstein, Dara Horn, Molly Jong-Fast, Rachel Kadish, Jenna Kalinsky, Cynthia Kaplan, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Amy Klein, Daphne Merkin, Tova Mirvis, Gina Nahai, Katie Rophie, Francesca Segré, Wendy Shanker, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Susan Shapiro, Ayelet Waldman, Rebecca Walker, Sheryl Zohn

Synopsis:

A hip, hilarious, and provocative collection of original essays by young Jewish women writers, including Aimee Bender, Daphne Merkin, Dara Horn, Tova Mirvis, Rebecca Goldstein, and Molly Jong-Fast, exploring all the things that their rabbis warned them never to discuss in public. 320 ppo.

About the Author

Ruth Andrew Ellenson was born in Jerusalem and raised in New York and Los Angeles. A graduate of Columbia University's MFA program, her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, People, Forward, and Heeb. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles and is at work on a novel.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780452287488
Editor:
Ellenson, Ruth Andrew
Publisher:
Plume Books
Editor:
Ellenson, Ruth Andrew
Author:
Ellenson, Ruth Andrew
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Judaism - General
Subject:
Jews
Subject:
Jewish wit and humor
Subject:
Women's Studies - General
Subject:
Jews -- United States.
Subject:
Guilt
Subject:
Anthologies-Essays
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Publication Date:
20060831
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
1.00 in.
Age Level:
from 18

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"Synopsis" by , A hip, hilarious, and provocative collection of original essays by young Jewish women writers, including Aimee Bender, Daphne Merkin, Dara Horn, Tova Mirvis, Rebecca Goldstein, and Molly Jong-Fast, exploring all the things that their rabbis warned them never to discuss in public. 320 ppo.
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