"#JuliaIoffe never set out to #write a #book about herself, so it’s ironic that she won the #autobiography and #memoir category of the 2026 National #JewishBook Awards.

The #Washington resident is the author of “Motherland: A #Feminist #History of Modern #Russia From Revolution to Autocracy,” published in October.

Facing daily systemic #discrimination and treated as second-class citizens due to their #Judaism, 7-year-old #Ioffe and her family fled the #SovietUnion and settled in #Columbia, #Maryland.

A chapter of “Motherland” details Ioffe’s teen years, when she was a student at #BethTfilohDahan Community #School in #Baltimore.

“My mom initiated me into #Soviet history and what it means to come from that place and to be from a family that survived all that,” Ioffe recalled.

Her family’s #Jewish identity is a major facet of “Motherland.”

https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/dc-author-wins-national-jewish-book-award/

Helena Greer’s Seasons of Love - page 6 and I’m #verklempt. “Next year, at Carrigan’s was her tiny private version of Next year, in Jerusalem.”

I’m also loving the Sukkot- Thanksgiving time frame. Thanks for creating a space on paper that already feels like home.

#JewishRep #SeasonofLove #jewish #Jewishbook #readforeverpub #CurrentlyReading #HanukkahBook #HelenaGreer