The son of Polish Holocaust survivors, Larry N. Mayer grew up in the Bronx. His first book, “Who Will Say Kaddish?: A Search for Jewish Identity in Contemporary Poland” was published by Syracuse University Press in 2002. A graduate of Columbia University’s Teachers College, he worked with at-risk high school students for over 15 years, and taught secondary English in the Boston area.
Larry N. Mayer
By Larry N. Mayer
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Culture I was a secular English teacher in an Orthodox school
Teaching Arthur Miller and Sherman Alexie to a group of yeshiva bokherim made for more than a few challenges
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Culture Love, Death and Math in Wisconsin
● The Mathematician’s Shiva By Stuart Rojstaczer Penguin Books, 384 pages, $16 If you have never heard of the Navier-Stokes problem in mathematics, after reading Stuart Rojstaczer’s rollicking first novel, “The Mathematician’s Shiva,” you might claim to know something about it, though explaining its significance to a friend may remain impossible. The story revolves around…
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Culture My Father, My Self
And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Hamlet, Act II, scene 2 It was his suggestion. We could work together on his obituary: father and son. In his final days, it would be another way to connect and smooth things over if there were any lingering bits of resentment. It was early…
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Culture From Sir, With Compassion: Part 2
The son of Polish Holocaust survivors, Larry N. Mayer grew up in the Bronx. His first book, “Who Will Say Kaddish?: A Search for Jewish Identity in Contemporary Poland” was published by Syracuse University Press in 2002. A graduate of Columbia University’s Teachers College, he has worked with at-risk high school students for over fifteen…
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Books The Misadventures of a Secular English Teacher in an Orthodox School
The son of Polish Holocaust survivors, Larry N. Mayer grew up in the Bronx, NY. His first book, “Who Will Say Kaddish?: A Search for Jewish Identity in Contemporary Poland” was published by Syracuse University Press in 2002. He has worked with at-risk high school students for over fifteen years, and wrote about his experiences…
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