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"They Called Me Mayer July is a hefty memoir illustrated with over 200 witty and sweet portraits of daily Jewish life in a small Polish town before 1934, by artist Mayer Kirshenblatt, who taught himself to paint at 73." Recommended by National Geographic as a Holiday Gift Idea and in their Ultimate Travel Library.
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They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust by Mayer Kirshenblatt and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. University of California Press, 2007.
Exhibitions: The Jewish Museum (New York), May 10-October 1, 2009 | Jewish Historical Museum (Amsterdam), fall 2009.
Email: info@mayerjuly.com
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- About this book
- Authors: interview
- Cellphone tour of exhibition and book
- Contacts / Book orders
- Daughter's Afterword
- Events
- Excerpt: Boy with a Herring
- Exhibitions
- For book clubs: Discussion guide
- For teachers: Resources
- Interview a loved one of your own
- Press kit
- Reviews
- Toy theater
- Video
- Words of thanks
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