My kids learned in Sunday school this past weekend that today is Israel Independence Day. Although it's far from Israel, Hong Kong celebrates this day in style at the gorgeous, 111-year old Ohel Leah synagogue.Last year around this time, my husband Tom and I traveled to Hong … [Read more...]
An evening with Jennifer Cody Epstein
Four or five years ago I had just joined a new synagogue and had taken my oldest son Jake to a program one evening. Our rabbi was also new, and in a conversation that evening about books he mentioned that his sister-in-law is a writer. I figured I probably wouldn't know of her … [Read more...]
The Next Big Thing
When Dana Sachs asked me to be one of her writers in The Next Big Thing, an author interview project, I immediately thought back to a trip I took to San Francisco back in 2009. I was on a ferry from Napa back to San Francisco, sitting next to my husband Tom but fully engrossed in … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Secret of the Nightingale Palace
I'm so excited to review Dana Sachs' latest novel, The Secret of the Nightingale Palace (William Morrow, 2013), on her publication day! Congratulations, Dana!From the start, I was swept away by this complex, heart-wrenching story. The chapters alternate between the present … [Read more...]
Finding Morris Cohen
Last week I posted a review of Daniel Levy's bio of Morris Cohen, the one-time bodyguard of Sun Yat-sen. While I read this mesmerizing story, I paid close attention to Cohen's years in Montreal during and after WWII. So when I was in the Quebecois city last week, I looked out for … [Read more...]
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