AUTHOR BOOK CLUB | Elaine Culbertson, “Mamaleh” Memoir
For Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance), join author Elaine Culbertson for a virtual presentation and intimate book-club-style conversation about her gorgeous memoir, “Mamaleh.” Reading in advance recommended but not necessary.
In “Mamaleh: A Legacy of Loss and Love,” Culbertson has created a new kind of Holocaust survivor story—a memoir that combines both her mother, Dora Freilich’s personal recollections of her life as a survivor, intertwined with her daughter’s reflections on growing up in a family that had experienced the trauma of the Holocaust.
Dora’s survival after two full years in Auschwitz was indeed a miracle, and her beautifully written memories of that time and ensuing life built in America were her husband are too. Sometimes funny, always poignant, “Mamaleh” immerses reader in stories and the challenges of survival, immigration and assimilation as told by both mother and daughter from the perspective of two different worlds and a forged a relationship of love and respect.
How to participate in Author Book Club?
Read the book in advance: Purchase a book bundle (select pickup or pay for shipping) or buy a copy through Island Books (get 10% off when you mention “SJCC”) or some other way and buy a virtual event ticket to attend the author presentation. Reading the book in advance is not a requirement to attend.
FREE for Jewish school educators and Holocaust Center trained teachers (and book discount offered).
In partnership with Holocaust Center for Humanity, Jewish Book Council and Island Books.
Part of Chew on This! Speaker Series theme: Blueprint for Belonging.
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ABOUT:
For many years, Elaine Culbertson served as program director of the Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Teachers’ Program that provided professional development to more than 1100 teachers in its 36-year existence. She works with teachers and students to connect the events of the past with the genocides of the present day. She uses the story of her own parents’ survival as the basis for presentations on developmentally appropriate and morally responsible pedagogy, and her own writing.
