The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Bernstein interviewed 25 mothers of Jewish people, including Clara Sussman, mother of Rosalyn Yalow, a Nobel Medalist in medicine. Like other mothers in the book, Clara, who died recently, exemplified a life of hard work and sacrifice, as well as worry about her child when a teacher told her Rosalyn was a genius. (``I never met the man Einstein but I heard he was a little peculiar.'') The author says Leah Adler, mother of film director Steven Spielberg, was the funniest person he'd ever met, and readers will agree. With obvious love and pride, she kvetches about bringing up a peculiar son (``I didn't know what the hell he was''). There are reports on rock stars, a lawyer, playwright and other achievers and at least two people more notorious than famous: porn film star Harry Reems and yippie ex-convict Abbie Hoffman.First serial to People and Interview. (May)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780385233774
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 4/2/1986
  • Edition description: 1st ed
  • Pages: 208
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Steven Spielberg's mother 1
Dan Greenburg's mother 8
Lisa Birnbach's mother 12
Eddie Fisher's mother 23
Adam Rich's mother 32
David Brenner's mother 39
Dr. Joyce Brothers' mother 45
Abbie Hoffman's mother 55
Neil Sedaka's mother 64
Rosalyn Yalow's mother 70
Robert Klein's mother 76
David Wallechinsky's mother 85
Richard Dreyfuss' mother 97
Mitch Gaylord's mother 104
Marilyn Michaels' mother 110
Uri Geller's mother 117
Yakov Smirnoff's mother 121
Harvey Fierstein's mother 129
Gene Simmons' mother 136
Fran Lebowitz's mother 141
Harry Reems' mother 148
Melissa Manchester's mother 153
Marvin Mitchelson's mother 160
Bob Dylan's mother 168
About the author's mother 171
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