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Stories as equipment for living : last talks and tales of Barbara Myerhoff
- Title
- Stories as equipment for living : last talks and tales of Barbara Myerhoff / with an introduction by Thomas Cole ; edited by Marc Kaminsky and Mark Weiss ; in collaboration with Deena Metzger.
- Author
- Myerhoff, Barbara G.
- Publication
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2007], ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | F869.L89 J556 2007 | Off-site | |
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- Description
- xiv, 209 pages; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-199).
- Contents
- Stories as equipment for living -- Telling one's story -- Ritual and storytelling : a Passover tale -- The burning shul -- "The Torah is about mercy" -- My mother's wedding ring -- "You have to have Neshome to do this work" -- A bowl of soup -- "It brought out the best in us" -- How the rabbi lost his beard -- The touch of the Torah -- Dedication of the Freda Mohr Building, Fairfax -- Interview with Martha N. -- Interview with Rachel E. -- General observations : Plummer Park -- Interview with Sarah G. -- Interview with Eli the matchmaker -- Interview with Rav Naftali E. -- Gay Synagogue Beth Chayim Chadashim meeting at Canter's, and a visit to a convalescent hospital -- Shabbat with Naftali E. -- Interview with Rachel E. and Freda K. -- Passover with the family of Naftali and Faege K. -- Weekend with Naftali E.'s family : observations, stories -- High Holy Days in Fairfax.
- ISBN
- 9780472099702 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0472099701 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780472069705 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0472069705 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006029796
- 9780472099702
- 9780472069705
- OCLC
- OCM71812664
- 71812664
- SCSB-5333253
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries