{"id":51,"date":"2024-05-31T17:42:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:51:50","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51\" class=\"elementor elementor-51\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1697ded0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1697ded0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5acba789 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5acba789\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b1700be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b1700be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40c45974 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40c45974\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rachel Mines\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ecfdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69ecfdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yiddish translator\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1747235 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1747235\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rachel is a Yiddish translator and educator based in Vancouver, Canada. She began translating Yiddish while teaching at Langara College, Vancouver, and in 2016 she was accepted into the Yiddish Book Center\u2019s Translation Fellowship Program. Her translation project, <a href=\"https:\/\/press.syr.edu\/supressbooks\/3032\/rivals-and-other-stories-the\/\"><em>The Rivals and Other Stories by Jonah<\/em> <em>Rosenfeld<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> was published in 2020 by Syracuse University Press. A companion volume, <a href=\"https:\/\/press.syr.edu\/supressbooks\/6168\/plague-of-cholera-and-other-stories-a\/\"><em>A Plague of Cholera and Other Stories by Jonah Rosenfeld<\/em><\/a>, followed in 2024.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa440fb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa440fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Watch a book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V56l-ZZtw0k\">trailer<\/a> for <em>The Rivals<\/em>.<\/p><p>Read a review of <em>The Rivals<\/em> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishlibraries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ajlnewsreviews_2020_12_2021_01.pdf\">Association of Jewish Libraries<\/a> (scroll to p. 43).<\/p><p><em>The Rivals<\/em> rates a mention in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-tls.co.uk\/articles\/in-the-land-of-the-postscript-chava-rosenfarb-writings-on-yiddish-and-yiddishkayt-isaac-bashevis-singer-book-review-jeremy-dauber\/\">TLS<\/a>: The Times Literary Supplement!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a47fb20 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5a47fb20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-sink\" href=\"#Books\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa65dce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fa65dce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e910b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"50e910b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47d3fa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47d3fa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Translation Projects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c6e76 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19c6e76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cee513 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1cee513\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e62e3fd elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e62e3fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-28.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-207\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-28.png 654w, http:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-28-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4d795 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a4d795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Rivals and Other Stories by\u00a0<\/p><p>Jonah Rosenfeld<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3647fa1 elementor-align-center elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3647fa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-27.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-208\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-27.png 654w, http:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-27-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b93d4ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b93d4ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A Plague of Cholera and Other Stories by\u00a0<\/p><p>Jonah Rosenfeld<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ce1f7 elementor-align-center elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"42ce1f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-sink\" href=\"https:\/\/press.syr.edu\/supressbooks\/6168\/plague-of-cholera-and-other-stories-a\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b21c9b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b21c9b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2fd175 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d2fd175\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-176f11e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"176f11e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67101fea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67101fea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who is Jonah Rosenfeld?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50369761 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50369761\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jonah Rosenfeld is probably the greatest Yiddish writer you\u2019ve never heard of. He was born around 1880 in Staryi Chortoryisk, Ukraine and endured a traumatic childhood that cast its tragic shadow over his life and art. He was born into abject poverty. His parents died in a cholera epidemic when he was twelve, and he spent his youth as an apprentice to a cruel boss who brutalized and tormented him mercilessly. A self-taught writer with no secular education, Rosenfeld began publishing his short fiction in 1904 and quickly rose to fame. Sadly, since only a few of his stories were translated from Yiddish, he was all but forgotten after his death in New York in 1944.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d859e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d859e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rosenfeld\u2019s work is marked by darkness and psychological realism. His characters struggle to survive, spiritually and physically, in their hostile worlds. Common themes are alienation, loneliness, loss of tradition, culture clash, and family dysfunction: themes that are just as relevant today as when the stories were written. As one reviewer, Rokhl Kafrissen, wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/community\/articles\/return-of-the-thief-sholem-aleichem-moshkele\">Tablet Magazine<\/a>, \u201cRosenfeld\u2019s works are not for the faint-hearted. \u2026 But for all their darkness, I can easily imagine readers powerfully connecting with them, relieved to see their own hidden pains reflected and honored.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fab5462 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fab5462\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a264707 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a264707\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Read a selection of Rachel\u2019s translations of Jonah Rosenfeld\u2019s stories!\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6dca0d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f6dca0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23871354 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23871354\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2791502d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2791502d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23112ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23112ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1580e38c elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"1580e38c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-30-1.png\" class=\"elementor-animation-sink attachment-full size-full wp-image-371\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-30-1.png 654w, https:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-30-1-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">\"The Inheritance\"<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">poses this question: what is the legacy that fathers owe their children? The answer may surprise you.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-499cca19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"499cca19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yiddishbookcenter.org\/language-literature-culture\/pakn-treger\/inheritance\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4189b9f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4189b9f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a91468 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"29a91468\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-29.png\" class=\"elementor-animation-sink attachment-full size-full wp-image-218\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-29.png 654w, https:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-29-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">\"In a Crowded Place\"<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">tells the story of a daydreaming woman on a train. Who is the handsome young man who sits down beside her, and how can she strike up a conversation with him?<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a22cdce elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4a22cdce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishcurrents.org\/in-a-crowded-place\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51b9e450 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51b9e450\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6961adeb elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"6961adeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-26.png\" class=\"elementor-animation-sink attachment-full size-full wp-image-372\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-26.png 654w, https:\/\/www.rachelmines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Frame-26-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">\"Call it Destiny\"<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Zelda has married a soldier who has been sent to the front lines. 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Her translation in Tablet Magazine of\u00a0 a \u201clost chapter\u201d from Singer\u2019s <em>Enemies: A Love Story<\/em> features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/arts-letters\/articles\/nancy-isabelle-isaac-bashevis-singer\">Nancy Isabelle<\/a>, an androgynous, delightfully quirky, and generous young woman whose character was eliminated from the English version of the novel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55c2042 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55c2042\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rachel is currently working on a new collection of short fiction by Lithuanian\/New York author Rachel Luria. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishfiction.net\/index.php\/publisher\/articleview\/frmArticleID\/857\">The Butterfly<\/a>\u201d is the story of a young woman whose husband saves a butterfly from drowning in the expectation she will set it free.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1932702 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1932702\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1008eb2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1008eb2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6133b82b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6133b82b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6961da1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6961da1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other projects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48145520 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48145520\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3eef6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e3eef6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In her spare time, Rachel researches, writes, and lectures about Jewish life in Lithuania before the Holocaust. <a href=\"https:\/\/shtetlshkud.com\/\">Shtetl Shkud<\/a> is a site devoted to the prewar Jewish community of Skuodas, Lithuania. 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