# Elizabeth Graver

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Across So Many Seas, with Ruth Behar

SHOW NOTES: https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2024/05/ruth-behar-on-across-so-many-seas.html Lucky Broken Girl, Letters from Cuba, Tia Fortuna's New Home, and now, Across So Many Seas. Award winning author Ruth Behar keeps finding new ways to share her Sephardic and Ashkenazi Cuban Jewish heritage …

Kantika

Thanks for looking in on The Big Schmear. Our episode this month is with award-winning author, Elizabeth Graver. We will be talking about her most recent book, entitled Kantika. And, although we do spend…

Elizabeth Graver on Lost Worlds and New Doorways

A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika―“song” in Ladino―follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and start …

Sharon Kurtzman on the Danger that Lingered Post Holocaust

Sharon Kurtzman shares how an interview with her mother became a defining moment of connection. She was haunted by her mother’s description of just how much danger still lingered after surviving the Holocaust and that revelation became central to her writing of The Lost Baker of Vienna, set in the …

Episode 62: Writing Family History with Elizabeth Graver

We’re speaking with novelist and academic Elizabeth Graver about writing about her Sephardic family’s history as fiction, even as she incorporated facts and archival finds. Graver also talks about maintaining a creative process, alongside her academic position, and about moving between fiction and …

Kantika: Gripping Immigration Story and Unforgettable Novel

Elizabeth Graver talks about why and how she transformed her family's own history of immigration, abandonment, remarriage, and survival into a gripping, unforgettable novel. She shares the challenges of transforming painful sometimes dark, family episodes into a universal story of family secrets an…

Nicholas Lemann on Being Jewish in the Shadow of the American South

In recognition of Jewish Heritage Month, this episode features a conversation with Nicholas Lemann, whose work and life story open up questions about American and Jewish identity. Nicholas discusses his assimilated Louisianan/ German-Jewish upbringing and his lifelong quest for connection with Jud…

Kantika Audiobook by Elizabeth Graver

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: KantikaCategories: Fiction, SagaAuthor: Elizabeth GraverNarrator: Gail ShalanPublisher: Dreamscape MediaRelease date: 04-18-2023Language: EnglishSummary:A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries,…

Jordan Salama on Rescuing his Family's “Historia Antigua”

One Thanksgiving, when Jordan Salama was home from school, he noticed a thick binder in his grandfather's basement labeled “Historia Antigua”, which means ancient history in Spanish. Stuffed with photographs and documents, Jordan found that his grandfather had recorded hundreds of years of their fa…