Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes

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In and Out of a Postwar Jewish Childhood

By Annette Aronowicz

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Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes traces a life shaped by continuous movement—from Poland to Belgium, then across the United States from East to West Coast. Drawing on her parents' experiences as Eastern European Jews who lived through the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Communist era, Annette Aronowicz explores how history and memory intertwine with personal identity. The narrative weaves between past and present, blending storytelling with thoughtful reflections on politics, religion, literature, and the roots of intellectual curiosity.
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This memoir will engage readers interested in Jewish history, migration stories, and the interplay of family history with broader historical events. It appeals to those who appreciate introspective biographies that connect personal experience with political and cultural reflection.

In this book, Aronowicz explores the lives of her parents, who lived through the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, and the post-war Communist world, with much migration in between. Through stories about her childhood, she investigates larger questions about memory, Judaism, politics, and religion.

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Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes is a story of movement. Moving from city to city characterised the author's growing up—from Poland to Belgium and from the East Coast to the West Coast of the United States. The book also moves between past and present.

The author's parents, Jews from Eastern Europe, lived through the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, the post-war Communist world, and much migration in between. How were these events transmitted to their child, and what questions do they give rise to today?

The book moves between straightforward storytelling and reflections on memory, on politics and religion, and on literature. It seeks the genesis of intellectual interests in personal story.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781644696217

Publisher: Academic Studies Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 September 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Cherry Orchard Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 152

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Annette Aronowicz Biography & Memoir European History History & Archaeology History & Military Military History Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality

About the Author

Annette Aronowicz was Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin & Marshall College. Her work explores Jewish and Christian responses to modern catastrophes. Publications include Nine Talmudic Readings by Emmanuel Levinas; On Jews and Christians on Time and Eternity: Charles Peguy's Portrait of Bernard-Lazare, and articles on Yiddish playwright Haim Sloves.