"Divided into four sections: “My Town,” “My Family,” “My Youth,” and “My Future,” They Called Me Mayer July (University of California, 978-0-520-24961-5) is an extraordinary work of memory, dedication, and love. Mayer Kirshenblatt, who grew up in Poland and moved to Canada in 1934, upon the urging of his daughter Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, painted the places and people of his youth. Accompanied by legends, infamies, and commonplaces, the movingly rendered paintings describe everything from making soup to a swing in an orchard to the illegal slaughter of a cow. This is a completely unique book that captures Jewish life and culture with both the perspective of age and the wonder of youth." ForeSight Sidebar: Fusion Feast for the Eye and Heart by Heather Shaw. November/December 2007.
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