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By the waters of paradise : an American story of racism and rupture in a Jewish family / Clare Kinberg.
Van Pelt Library E184.36.A34 K56 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kinberg, Clare, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kinberg, Clare--Family.
- Kinberg, Clare.
- Arnwine, Rose, 1908-1982.
- Arnwine, Rose.
- Arnwine, Zebedee, 1902-1975.
- Arnwine, Zebedee.
- African Americans--Relations with Jews.
- African Americans.
- Multiracial families--Michigan.
- Multiracial families.
- Jewish families--Missouri.
- Jewish families.
- Jews--United States--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- Racism against Black people--United States.
- Racism against Black people.
- Race discrimination--United States.
- Race discrimination.
- Estranged families.
- African Americans--History--20th century.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- United States--Ethnic relations.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 209 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "In 2016, Clare Kinberg discovered her estranged Aunt Rose's death certificate on the internet. What followed was an unearthing of contradictions of what "family" means in a segregated United States. In the 1930s, Rose, an Ashkenazi Jewish woman, married Zebedee Arnwine, an African American man. The Arnwines faced a multitude of barriers due to their interracial marriage, and Rose faced familial and community ostracization for her choice. Her siblings, including Kinberg's father, kept her existence a secret from their children while building a strong sense of family and reinforcing the segregation between Jewish and Black communities. Some eighty years later, Kinberg, whose wife and daughters are descendants of the African diaspora, traced the life and legacy of her aunt. This masterful memoir weaves the genealogical and historical journeys of Rose and Zebedee with discussion of Rose and Kinberg's Jewish ancestry in Romania and Ukraine and investigates their mutual decisions to settle their interracial families in Michigan. By the Waters of Paradise is a riveting family history that paints a startling portrait of racism and antisemitism and the lasting effects across generations."
- ISBN:
- 9780814352755
- 0814352758
- OCLC:
- 1522778000
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