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Tony Eprile

Tony Eprile is the author of the Koret Jewish Book Award-winning novelThe Persistence of Memory.

  • Los Angeles Airport police guard a protest against the executive order by US President Donald Trump, banning immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, February 4, 2017.
    Los Angeles Airport police guard a protest against the executive order by US President Donald Trump, banning immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, February 4, 2017.
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    Putting Out the Unwelcome Mat

    As we turn away refugees, I’m reminded of my mother’s experience trying to enter England from Nazi Germany—and the lifelong scars left by a customs official’s callous rejection

    byTony Eprile
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