![]() ![]() When queried, the author confessed that the catalyst for revealing her true identity was “something unspeakable” - the Leiby Kletzky murder. She is Judy Brown, a descendant of the founders and leaders of the Hassidic movement in 19 th- and 20 th-century Poland and the granddaughter of the Gerrer Rebbe, the leader of Agudah Israel in prewar Europe. Her mother is Ruthie Lichtenstein, director of the Holocaust resource center Project Witness and publisher of the English-language edition of Harmodia, the daily newspaper of the Hassidic community. This controversial book was first issued under the anonymous authorship of "Eishes Chayil" - which means “righteous person” - but eventually the author “outed" herself on the Huffington Post blog. We read it as part of Jewish Family Services of Greenwich’s Book Beat, and a very lively discussion ensued. Hush was originally published as young adult fiction, but I definitely recommend it for the adult reader. ![]()
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