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The Stutterer’s Suicide and the Psychiatrist’s Dream
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“. . . Are you Jewish?” “Of course, I am. I went to South America to escape persecution, not to enjoy the pleasant climate.” “Well, I’m neither a practicing Jew nor a Zionist. In fact, I dislike any…

Contributor:

Diego Viga

Places:

Quito, Ecuador

Date:

1970

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Jewish identity, Psychiatry, Education, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, (Auto)biography
The Family Tree
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I have a lovely period photo, sepia coloured, with all the characters in a row, and their gentle trusting faces, photograph faces that nobody ever looks at now. They are the shifbrider, the ship…

Contributor:

Margo Glantz

Places:

Mexico City, Mexico

Date:

1981

Subjects:

Migration, Family, Black-Jewish relations, Jewish identity, Nationalism

Categories:

Literature, Memoirs & Diaries, (Auto)biography