'J' for Jewish

My editors had insisted that the word 'Jewish' appear somewhere in the title of my book. But was that label justified? I am still struggling to find what amount of 'Jewishness' would be just right for me.

By Nancy K. Miller | 13:01 15.06.12 |

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A few weeks ago I spoke at the University of Glasgow about my recent memoir, What They Saved. As I walked in the rain from our hotel to the lecture hall, I started worrying about my subtitle to the book and to the talk: Pieces of a Jewish Past.

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'J' for Jewish

My editors had insisted that the word 'Jewish' appear somewhere in the title of my book. But was that label justified? I am still struggling to find what amount of 'Jewishness' would be just right for me.

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