Judy Bolton-Fasman

1 week ago | hadassahmagazine.org | Judy Bolton-Fasman

Email Print Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays By Nicole Graev Lipson (Chronicle Books)In her debut collection, Mothers and Other Fictional Characters, Nicole Graev Lipson is unflinching and honest, poetic and learned, intelligent and emotional. Her 12 essays are seasoned with Jewish learning as they explore motherhood’s complexities, challenges and joys, showcasing the author, journalist and essayist’s impressive command of English literature and women’s history.

1 week ago | hadassahmagazine.org | Judy Bolton-Fasman

Email Print Since I became pregnant with my daughter over 30 years ago, I have been something of a 24-hour sentry. I can’t seem to break the impulse that left me on duty as a parent morning, noon and night, seven days a week. The psychology books have a descriptor for me—I am hypervigilant. When my girl was a baby, I stood over her to listen to her sweet breathing almost every day. My hypervigilance later extended to her test-taking in college, and beyond.

2 weeks ago | jewishboston.com | Judy Bolton-Fasman

In her fascinating and insightful new memoir, “Hidden in Plain Sight: A Family Memoir and the Untold Story of the Holocaust in Serbia,” Julie Brill breaks new ground in a little-known piece of Holocaust history—the year-long Nazi genocide of Serbian Jews in their own country. Brill’s father, Haim, was born in Serbia in 1938 and survived the war in the countryside with his older sister and mother. His father had been murdered on the streets of Belgrade while forced to do punishing labor.

4 weeks ago | jewishboston.com | Judy Bolton-Fasman

When Shulamit Reinharz gave me her new book, “Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir,” I was unsure whether I wanted to read another Holocaust memoir. But a couple of things piqued my curiosity. Reinharz is an admirable scholar in sociology, Jewish feminism and women’s studies. Additionally, she is the founding director of the Women’s Studies Research Center and the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, both situated on Brandeis University’s campus.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Judy Bolton-Fasman

Share Since Donald Trump’s second presidential term began two months ago, his malicious lies and flagrant law breaking has been near-constant and demoralizing. He is hard at work transforming the United States of America into a dystopian landscape. In the last couple of weeks, the Trump administration has gone to battle against a federal judge who ordered that migrants and alleged gang members could not be deported without due process.