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Sandra Seltzer Silberman HBI Conversations Series Featuring Jay Prosser, author of “Loving Strangers: A Camphorwood Chest, A Legacy, A Son Returns”
Loving Strangers is Jay Prosser’s search for belonging and identity through a unique family and historical archive. In this memoir of his mother and grandmother, Prosser explores the rich history and complex understanding of intermarriage in the Singaporean Jewish community, exploring his family’s roots in China and amongst Baghdadi Jews from India. Jay Prosser teaches and researches at the Centre for Jewish Studies and the School of English at the University of Leeds. Loving Strangers was winner of the Hazel Rowley Prize (US, 2020) and shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize (UK, 2019).
Prosser’s “…odyssey to reclaim his Jewish identity through the memorabilia of his mother’s complex family history is both moving and compelling. A shimmering memoir of love’s work, healing for our fractured times.” — Nancy K. Miller, Author of What They Saved: Pieces of a Jewish Past
Loving Strangers is available at Amazon, Blackwell’s (with free shipping to the US), and your local bookseller.
This event will be recorded and shared with registrants. It will also be available to view on HBI’s website.