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Amy Schreibman Walter

Amy Schreibman Walter is a writer and teacher living in London. Follow her @amyswalter

  • Lower East Side, 1986
    Lower East Side, 1986
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    My New Joy of Yiddish

    How a language that once made me feel left out now makes me feel like a part of something bigger

    byAmy Schreibman Walter
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    The Namesake

    I named my son after my father—a man I never knew

    byAmy Schreibman Walter
  • Rose window at Eldridge Street Synagogue, designed by Kiki Smith and Deborah Gans.
    Rose window at Eldridge Street Synagogue, designed by Kiki Smith and Deborah Gans.
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    Finding Family History in Synagogue

    A tour of the Lower East Side’s historic shuls brought me closer to my father

    byAmy Schreibman Walter
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    The East End’s Last Shuls

    This area was once the center of London’s Jewish community, boasting almost 200 synagogues. Just four remain today. But don’t count them out quite yet.

    byAmy Schreibman Walter
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    Getting Back to Basics in the Kitchen

    As an experiment, I gave up Googling recipes and relied instead on an old cookbook from my mother’s shelf, ‘How to Cook Like a Jewish Mother.’ The results were delicious.

    byAmy Schreibman Walter
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    Reclaiming My Name

    Staying connected to my family meant coming to terms with more than one name

    byAmy Schreibman Walter
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    My Two Divorces

    Why getting a ‘get’ was more meaningful, and more important to me, than my civil divorce

    byAmy Schreibman Walter
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    Home Is Where the Mezuzah Is

    I had been building a Jewish home with my husband, but now that we’re separated, I’ve had to figure out how to do it on my own

    byAmy Schreibman Walter
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