Archive for January 5, 2020
The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed Race Jewish Girl by Marra B. Gad
“An unforgettable debut memoir about a mixed-race Jewish woman who, after fifteen years of estrangement from her racist great-aunt, helps bring her home when Alzheimer’s strikes. The Color of Love explores the idea of yerusha, which means “inheritance” in Yiddish. At turns heart-wrenching and heartwarming, this is a story about what you inherit from your family — identity, disease, melanin, hate, and most powerful of all, love.
“With honesty, insight, and warmth, Marra B. Gad has written an inspirational, moving, chronicle proving that, when all else is stripped away, love is where we return, and love is always our greatest inheritance.”-Jewish Book Council
Read the Interview: Born Loving: A Conversation on Identity and Prejudice with Marra B. Gad