Encore Presentation: STRADDLING BLACK AND WHITE: Kim Salzman's novel about the immigration of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel

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People of the Book

Meryl Ain

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On People of the Book, award-winning author Meryl Ain chats with notable authors, and brings you the best in books with Jewish content. From novels to memoirs to short stories to scholarly tomes, we cover a wide range of reads. Our freewheeling conversations are thought provoking and intimate. They span historical themes, contemporary issues, the writing process, and the influences that inspire and empower writers to tell their stories and share them with the world.

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Encore Presentation: STRADDLING BLACK AND WHITE: Kim Salzman's novel about the immigration of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel

People of the Book

37 minutes 14 seconds

8 months ago

Encore Presentation: STRADDLING BLACK AND WHITE: Kim Salzman's novel about the immigration of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel

Meryl chats with Kim Salzman about her historical fiction novel, Straddling Black and White, the story of fourteen-year-old Azmera, who takes part in the mass immigration of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel in the 1980s. Theyalso talk about the current war in Israel and its impact on Kim, her family,and friends.

Kim was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. After receiving a degree in psychology from Columbia University, she lived and worked on a kibbutz in Israel, which inspired her to make Aliyah. After receiving her law degree from the University of Michigan, she immigrated to Israel where she became fascinated by the stories of Jewish immigrants to Israel from all over the world. She served in the international law department of the Israel Defense Forces, and also advocated for the legal rights of Ethiopian-Israelis. Kim lives in Northern Israel with her husband, three children and a dog. Currently, she works as the Israel and Overseas Director at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Website: www.kimsalzman.com/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091317043993/

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