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Home and Family
Salt, Pepper and Eternity -
Stories that Last Forever

Compiled by Sheindel Weinbach
Reviewed by Sheindel Weinbach

Targum/Feldheim 183 pages

A great name for a book, no? And it's a great book, too, which you will have to agree, since you are fans of Yated Ne'eman International, and the stories in this compact little softcover volume have appeared, at some time or other, in the Family Section.

I have always felt it a pity that the wonderful material that sifts through my fingers will only last for a week. Eventually, the newspaper will be separated for geniza and trash, even if it is passed on half a dozen times in between. But who is going to cut out articles to reread?

So, here it is, thanks to Tzivia Ehrlich-Klein who edited and helped see this project through to fruition.

When I was asked to fill the blank page inside the front of the book with some kind of dedication, I came up with the (excerpted) following:

"My thanks, daily and hourly, are to Hashem, Who gives me inspiration, Who plants ideas into my head, and Who endows me with whatever wisdom I have exhibited in molding the Home and Family section of Yated Ne'eman International.

"One of the best things that has ever happened to me was becoming the editor of this section. It has been my privilege and pleasure to meet, at least on paper, numerous talented people who have a message to convey and lessons to teach us as human beings striving to do credit to our Creator and live our lives in the fullest way possible.

"It has been my greatest joy and privilege to take credit in discovering talent heretofore unpublished (Rifca Goldberg, Bruchie Laufer, Anni Rephun Fruchter, Miriam Steinberg and more), and to coax excellent material from those who have already seen works in print.

"My thanks and deep respect go to all the writers who appear here who have enriched my life. I am sure that the selections in this book will enrich the lives of the readers, as well, and provide inspiration and quality entertainment for years to come."

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We have attempted to present some vintage essays and more recent material to create a rich balance of serious and light, prose and poetry. You'll find a piece written almost ten years ago by yours truly on Kiryat Mattersdorf, a non- professional sociological study. Sharing the stage are pieces on nostalgia, fiction, thoughts, essays with historical highlights. Favorites by: Sudy Rosengarten, Rosally Saltsman, Leah Subar, Malka Adler, Varda Branfman, Dov Patkin (o.b.m.), A. Ross and those already mentioned previously, yours and my favorite authors!

Hope you find the "flavor" just right.

Next book already in preparation. This one is available at all bookstores, popularly priced. ASK FOR IT. A great slip- into-the-pocket gift to carry along, to give to hosts, new mothers, impulse giving to someone you like...

 

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