The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt
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Edited by Ruth Andrew Ellenson, The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt is an anthology featuring work by authors including Aimee Bender
. It won a National Jewish Book Award in 2005. Ms. Ellenson and her father, Rabbi David Ellenson
, won the National Jewish Book Award in the same year—the only father and daughter to do so since Abraham Joshua Heschel
and Susannah Heschel. The book has been chosen by Hadassah
as a 2007 book group selection.
Aimee Bender
Aimee Bender is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her surreal plots and characters.-Biography:Bender received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at San Diego, and a Master of Fine Arts from the distinguished creative writing MFA program at University of...
. It won a National Jewish Book Award in 2005. Ms. Ellenson and her father, Rabbi David Ellenson
David Ellenson
David Ellenson is a rabbi who is known as a leader of the Reform movement in Judaism. He is the president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion , and the I.H. and Anna Grancell Professor of Jewish Religious Thought...
, won the National Jewish Book Award in the same year—the only father and daughter to do so since Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century.-Biography:...
and Susannah Heschel. The book has been chosen by Hadassah
Hadassah
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America is an American Jewish volunteer women's organization. Founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold, it is one of the largest international Jewish organizations, with around...
as a 2007 book group selection.