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Book Launch | A Breed Apart: Reflections of a Young Refugee by Miriam Hoffman

Yiddishkayt Press proudly announces author, scholar, journalist, playwright and survivor Miriam Hoffman’s new book A Breed Apart: Reflections of a Young Refugee. This intellectual and emotional journey describes Hoffman’s experience as a young refugee girl growing up in a post-war DP (Displaced Person) refugee camp in Ulm, Germany, after the destruction of World War II.

“A Breed Apart”, an engaging non-fiction tale of war and survival, is seen through the eyes of a young Miriam and her father. The memoir chronicles her ability to triumph through a five-year sojourn in a DP camp leading to her immigration to the Bronx. Hoffman’s personal tale captures the beauty and importance of keeping the Yiddish language and culture alive during the twentieth-century, despite countless attempts to destroy it.

“A Breed Apart’ is unlike anything I’ve written before,” said Hoffman. “It’s my destiny to retell these difficult memories so that we keep the faith of humanity alive. Never again is now. Unfortunately, my story is topical in today’s social and political environment.”

All profits benefit Yiddishkayt Initiative, Inc., a public charity devoted to preserving Jewish culture.

About the Author:

WHY TORTURE IS WRONG

Miriam Hoffman, an author, scholar and survivor of the Russian gulag and the post-World War II DP camps, has spent her life preserving the Yiddish language and culture that she cherishes so dearly. Her accomplishments in education, arts and literature have impacted both Jews and non-Jews alike. As a child in the post-war DP (Displaced Person) refugee camp in Ulm, Germany, she brought with her an album of pictures of life in the DP camp as well as keeping a journal of over 80 songs in four different languages – Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian and Polish. The Ulm Album has been shared with the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. She has written over a dozen plays which have won awards and have been produced all over the world.

Hoffman recently retired from her position as professor of Yiddish Language and Culture at Columbia University. She has published over 2,000 weekly columns in New York’s Yiddish Forward Newspaper as a feature writer. Additionally, Miriam has written university textbooks and was the founder of the Joseph Papp Yiddish Theatre with the world-renowned Broadway impresario.











When: Thu., Nov. 30, 2017 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: powerHouse Arena
28 Adams St.
718-666-3049
Price: Free
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Yiddishkayt Press proudly announces author, scholar, journalist, playwright and survivor Miriam Hoffman’s new book A Breed Apart: Reflections of a Young Refugee. This intellectual and emotional journey describes Hoffman’s experience as a young refugee girl growing up in a post-war DP (Displaced Person) refugee camp in Ulm, Germany, after the destruction of World War II.

“A Breed Apart”, an engaging non-fiction tale of war and survival, is seen through the eyes of a young Miriam and her father. The memoir chronicles her ability to triumph through a five-year sojourn in a DP camp leading to her immigration to the Bronx. Hoffman’s personal tale captures the beauty and importance of keeping the Yiddish language and culture alive during the twentieth-century, despite countless attempts to destroy it.

“A Breed Apart’ is unlike anything I’ve written before,” said Hoffman. “It’s my destiny to retell these difficult memories so that we keep the faith of humanity alive. Never again is now. Unfortunately, my story is topical in today’s social and political environment.”

All profits benefit Yiddishkayt Initiative, Inc., a public charity devoted to preserving Jewish culture.

About the Author:

WHY TORTURE IS WRONG

Miriam Hoffman, an author, scholar and survivor of the Russian gulag and the post-World War II DP camps, has spent her life preserving the Yiddish language and culture that she cherishes so dearly. Her accomplishments in education, arts and literature have impacted both Jews and non-Jews alike. As a child in the post-war DP (Displaced Person) refugee camp in Ulm, Germany, she brought with her an album of pictures of life in the DP camp as well as keeping a journal of over 80 songs in four different languages – Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian and Polish. The Ulm Album has been shared with the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. She has written over a dozen plays which have won awards and have been produced all over the world.

Hoffman recently retired from her position as professor of Yiddish Language and Culture at Columbia University. She has published over 2,000 weekly columns in New York’s Yiddish Forward Newspaper as a feature writer. Additionally, Miriam has written university textbooks and was the founder of the Joseph Papp Yiddish Theatre with the world-renowned Broadway impresario.

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