Yiddishe Mamas: The Truth About the Jewish Mother

By Marnie Winston-Macauley

Book Overview

The Jewish mother feels her job isn't done even after death. You're never too dead to be a Jewish mother." --Mallory Lewis, daughter of Shari Lewis * What do Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Jon Stewart, Bette Midler, and Natalie Portman have in common with this book? A Jewish mother. Is there such a thing as a Jewish mother? And if so, who is she? For the first time, best-selling Jewish author and humorist Marnie Winston-Macauley examines all aspects of the Jewish mother. Chronicling biblical Jewish mothers to modern-day Yentls, she creates a compendium using celebrity interviews, anecdotes, humor, and scholarly sources to answer these questions with truth and humor. * Contributors to the book range from Dr. Ruth Gruber and Rabbi Bonnie Koppel to Jackie Mason, Amy Borkowsky, John Stossel, Lainie Kazan, and more. * "The definitive source on Jewish mothers." --Eileen Warshaw, Ph.D., executive director of the Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740763768
• ISBN13: 9780740763762
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable, memory evoking and funny!

I loved this! The anecdotes are so true and brought to mind memories of Jewish mothers that I knew. I found the factual information quite fascinating. All in all, a good read.

A fantastic funny and eye opening book

I find this book a superbly written account of the Jewish Mother. It evoked memories of my childhood. It brought tears, laughter, giggles, emotional responses and happiness to me on every page. Stetl life has molded the Jewish Mother and daughters into a wonderful way of life. [...].