Miriam's Kitchen: A Memoir by Elizabeth Ehrlich synced This is a first time

This is a first time translation from Yiddish

On a Greek island that has been turned into a film set

Why Translation Matters argues for the cultural importance of translation and for a more encompassing and nuanced appreciation of the translator’s role

it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more

a key figure in the development of Yiddish literature

Miriam's Kitchen: A Memoir by Elizabeth Ehrlich synced This is a first timeLike many Jewish Americans, Elizabeth Ehrlich was ambivalent about her background. She identified with Jewish cultural attitudes, but not with the institutions; she had fond memories of her Jewish grandmothers, but she found their religious practices irrelevant to her life. It wasn't until she entered the kitchen and world of her mother in law, Miriam, a Holocaust survivor, that Ehrlich began to understand the importance of preserving the traditions