TREYF: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (649 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 042527781X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Although Treyf tells a very specific Jewish family story, its portrait of the pull between tradition and assimilation can apply to any of the ethnic groups that came to this country in the mass migration of a century ago.”—Connecticut Post “That Altman is a consummate storyteller is no surprise — it’s in her blood and in her bones. Praise for Treyf “What makes Treyf so original is the author’s wry humor and her gimlet eye. But it’s equally impossible if you’re a woman who was once a daughter, if you’re anyone who’s ever been
She writes the Washington Post column, “Feeding My Mother,” and her work has appeared everywhere from OnBeing and O, The Oprah Magazine to Tin House, the New York Times and the TEDx stage, and has been anthologized for five consecutive years in Best Food Writing.. Elissa Altman is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Poor Man's
"When one is treyf" according to Jane Minogue. A very engaging memoir of an outsider's outsider. Altman takes us to the old country (i.e., Coney Island), the older country (Ukraine), and present (Connecticut) through acrimonious gribenes as well as bowls of goulash lovingly cooked and served by her grandmother. The devil's in the wonderful details, and the message is universal. A good read.. groupworker said Nothing special. Started off so creative and the writing is beautifully descriptive, but after about half-way it's painful to finish. Too many details and not holding my attention, even when I adore the subject.. Same old same old self hating Jew dissing our faith and people. Lynne Shapiro Any schmegge can write and get published such a diss of Jewish observances and so this is just another one.
From the Washington Post columnist and James Beard Award-winning author of Poor Man’s Feast comes a story of seeking truth, acceptance, and self in a world of contradiction Treyf: According to Leviticus, unkosher and prohibited, like lobster, shrimp, pork, fish without scales, the mixing of meat and dairy. While the suburban promise of The Brady Bunch blared on television, Altman searched for peace and meaning in a world teeming with faith, violence, sex, and paradox. Also, imperfect, intolerable, offensive, undesirable, unclean, improper, broken, forbidden, illicit. Fans of Augusten Burroughs and Jo Ann Beard will enjoy this kaleidoscopic, universal memoir in which Elissa Altman explores the tradition, religion, family expectations, and the forbidden that were the fixed points in her Queens, New York, childhood. Spanning from 1940s wartime Brooklyn to 1970s Queens to present-day rural New England, Treyf captures the collision of youthful cravings and grown-up identities. Every part of Altman’s youth was laced with contradiction and hope, betrayal and the yearning for acceptance: synagogue on Saturday and Chinese pork ribs on Sunday; bat mitzvahs followed by shrimp-in-lobster-sauce luncheons