How do we make certain that our Jewish stories, our personal histories, are not lost? How do we tell our unique story that, somehow, has so much in common with others' - food, Yiddish, synagogue, the crazy relatives who seem to be crazy in a certain Jewish way? Conversion stories, a secular or religious journey, Israel stories, wedding and divorce stories - there are many stories to tell. Many people feel they have a story to tell that must be told, but when they sit down to write, the words don't come. Or they don't come out the way they appeared in our minds. Sometimes they are boring, other times the story grinds to a halt, and others lose the exact flavor of Jewish life that our actual lives had. Linda Pressman, the award-winning author of Looking Up: A Memoir of Sisters, Survivors and Skokie, a story of her own Jewish childhood, teaches some of the best methods she's learned in twenty years of study to access your Jewish story and get the words down in a way that you'll be proud to have others read. With some quick writing exercises shared (or not shared) in a safe atmosphere, you can learn the most important thing about telling your story: beginning.

Tuesdays May 26 and June 2 from 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Cost: $36

Faculty: Linda Pressman