Mazel tov : the story of my extraordinary friendship with an Orthodox Jewish family / J.S. Margot ; translated from the Dutch by Jane Hedley-Prôle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vanderstraeten, Margot, 1967- author.

Contributor:

Hedley-Prôle, Jane, translator.

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Vanderstraeten, Margot, 1967---Friends and associates.

Vanderstraeten, Margot.

Snyder family.

Orthodox Judaism.

Orthodox Eastern Church members--Religious life.

Orthodox Eastern Church members.

Friendship.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

314 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pushkin Press, 2021.

Summary:

When 20-year-old student J. S. Margot took a tutoring job, little did she know it would open up an entire world. In the family's Orthodox Jewish household, she would encounter endless rules - 'never come on a Friday, never shake hands with a man' - and quirks she had not seen before: tiny tubes on the doorposts, separate fridges for meat and dairy products. Her initial response was puzzlement and occasionally anger, but as she taught the children and fiercely debated with the family, she also began to learn from them. Full of funny misunderstandings and unexpected connections, Mazel Tov is a heartwarming, provocative and disarmingly honest memoir of clashing cultures and unusual friendships - and of how, where adults build walls, sometimes only children can tear them down.

Notes:

J.S. Margot is the international pseudonym for Margot Vanderstraeten

ISBN:

9781782275268

1782275266

9781782275282

1782275282

OCLC:

1127095459