Peninnah's World: A Jewish Life in Stories

Peninnah's World: A Jewish Life in Stories
ISBN-10
0761872914
ISBN-13
9780761872917
Category
Jewish folk literature
Pages
318
Language
English
Published
2021
Publisher
Hamilton Books
Author
Caren Schnur Neile

Description

Peninnah's World is the biography-in-stories of the iconic Jewish storyteller and folklorist Peninnah Schram. In vivid scenes, it dramatizes Schram's trajectory from brilliant daughter of Orthodox immigrant parents in New London, Connecticut, to acclaimed performer, teacher, scholar and colleague of luminaries including Elie Wiesel, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Molly Picon.

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