Emily Barton
By Emily Barton
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Life Adventures of a Secular Jew in Satmar Brooklyn
Before we got married, my husband, Tom, lived in an old limestone tenement in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. North Williamsburg had already become hipsterville, but almost every building south of Broadway housed Satmar families. If you’ve driven through Brooklyn on a Friday night or Saturday morning, you have at least glimpsed Satmar families walking to synagogue,…
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Life Esther and the Khazars vs. the Nazis: a Purim Story
Editor’s Note: Tim Duggan Books is running a giveaway contest for Sisterhood readers. Click here to enter to win a hamsa-shaped metal charm and a galley of the book. When I first began writing my new novel, I wanted to do three things. 1) Give the Khazars — a tribe of Turkic warrior Jews who…
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Eat, Drink + Think Financing Rabbinical School, One Kiddush at a Time
A few years ago, while discussing my rabbinical school application with my rabbi, I lamented that all the money that my parents spent on culinary school and the years I worked in the food industry had been a waste. Especially now that I was going to be a rabbi. She said to me – one…
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