Description
Book SynopsisPeninnah’s World is the biography-in-stories of the iconic Jewish storyteller and folklorist Peninnah Schram. In vivid scenes, it dramatizes Schram’s trajectory from brilliant daughter of Orthodox immigrant parents in New London, Connecticut, to acclaimed performer, teacher, scholar and colleague of luminaries including Elie Wiesel, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Molly Picon.
Table of ContentsForeword
“The Storyteller” by Peretz Kaminsky
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Telling the Human Story
Timeline
Part I: In the Beginning… 1934–1952
Chapter 1: The Pearl
Chapter 2: The Elijah Story
Chapter 3: Piano Lessons
Chapter 4: The Book of Leaves
Chapter 5: The Farm
Chapter 6: Onstage
Chapter 7: The Only Jews
Chapter 8: What Joe Wants
Part II: A Woman in the World 1952-1967
Chapter 9: Shooting Star
Chapter 10: Higher Learning
Chapter 11: Tallulah Bankhead and Other Fallen Women
Chapter 12: Leaving Home
Chapter 13: Paris, By Way of Manhattan
Chapter 14: Coming Home
Chapter 15: Peklach of Joy
Chapter 16: Peklach of Sorrow
Part III: A Woman of Valor 1967-present
Chapter 17: Those Who Can…
Chapter 18: Kaddish
Chapter 19: The Storyteller
Chapter 20: The Joy of Teaching
Chapter 21: The Station That Speaks Your Language
Chapter 22: In Print
Chapter 23: Strengthen Yourself
Chapter 24: Here I Am
Chapter 25: Ever After
“My Storyteller’s Prayer” by Peninnah Schram
Glossary of Yiddish and Hebrew Terms
Selected Publications and Recordings by Peninnah Schram
About the Author
