Ruptured

Jewish Women in Australia Reflect on Life Post-October 7

252 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In this powerful collection of personal essays, thirty-six Australian Jewish women, including Ramona Koval, Dani Valent and Kylie Moore-Gilbert, reveal how their lives were turned upside down in the wake of October 7 attacks.Our hope is that these essays, the opportunities they offer to hear and understand us, can become tools for repairing the rupture between our community and the world around us.The world changed irrevocably on October 7, 2023.In this powerful collection of essays, thirty-six women, including Ramona Koval, Dani Valent, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Kerri Sackville, Deborah Conway and Rachelle Unreich, reveal how their lives were turned upside down in the wake of the attacks.From race-walker Jemima Montag's account of competing in the Olympics as a Jewish athlete, to actress Dena Amy Kaplan encountering hostility when she speaks against Jew-hatred, to author Elise Hearst's attempts to find solace in making comedy, Ruptured showcases compelling true stories where narrators reflect on the profound rift created that day and their attempts to mend it.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Biografien und Sachliteratur Essays
• ISBN: 9780646714363
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2025
• Größe: 235 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Lamm Jewish Library of Australia
• Herausgegeben von: Lee Kofman, Tamar Paluch