Ancestral Notes: A Family Dream Journal

Based on the author's investigations, and feelings about, her family history and cultural identity. Ancestral Notes explores the themes of Jewish spirituality and mysticism, shtetl life in Europe, immigration to the USA, the legacy of antisemitism and gender notes, in the search for a contemporary Jewish woman's identity. Dream Journal entries and repeated references to spirits convey the sense that this inquiry is not only guided but demanded by ancestral souls. The resulting journey blurs the lines between mystical and mundane, personal and political, tragic and comic, culminating in a Yidish-style parable about fear and intolerance. Illustrated with original collages by the author.