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By the Waters of ParadiseAn American Story of Racism and Rupture in a Jewish Family
Clare Kinberg, author and aunt of Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg (and aunt-in-law of Rabbi Seth), will be in Olympia as part of her Northwest tour, to discuss her book. She will be available to sign books; copies will be available for purchase.
The Waters of Paradise has been described as: "A riveting family history that paints a startling portrait of racism and antisemitism and the lasting effects across generations.
Read an excerpt here: https://evolve.reconstructingjudaism.org/the-shadows/
A family secret uncovered after eighty years inspires a personal reckoning with racism.
In 2016, Clare Kinberg discovered her estranged Aunt Rose's death certificate on the internet. What followed was an unearthing of contradictions of what "family" means in a segregated United States. In the 1930s, Rose, an Ashkenazi Jewish woman, married Zebedee Arnwine, an African American man. The Arnwines faced a multitude of barriers due to their interracial marriage, and Rose faced familial and community ostracization for her choice. Her siblings, including Kinberg's father, kept her existence a secret from their children while building a strong sense of family and reinforcing the segregation between Jewish and Black communities. Some eighty years later, Kinberg, whose wife and daughters are descendants of the African diaspora, traced the life and legacy of her aunt. This masterful memoir weaves the genealogical and historical journeys of Rose and Zebedee with discussion of Rose and Kinberg's Jewish ancestry in Romania and Ukraine and investigates their mutual decisions to settle their interracial families in Michigan. By the Waters of Paradise is a riveting family history that paints a startling portrait of racism and antisemitism and the lasting effects across generations.
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201 8th Ave SE, Olympia, WA, United States
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