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The Wedding Photo

July 26, 2018 by Edie Jarolim 7 Comments

It all started on a Facebook group I belong to: A posted photo of a Holocaust victim who had committed suicide rather than be captured by the Nazis led to a larger discussion of the topic. Somehow, I hadn't realized that many Jewish women and men took their lives, either to avoid being taken or to end their suffering at the death camps.  I commented that I didn't know

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Grief, Food, & Nudity: A Story About My Mother & My New Book

November 16, 2016 by Edie Jarolim Leave a Comment

Not long after my father died, I went to Martinique with my mother. I remember three things about that trip.  My mother's grief. The profiteroles. And the topless beach. Grief, food, and nudity My mother was in a raw stage of mourning, subject to fits of literal wailing. But no one in my family was ever too upset to eat, especially dessert. And Martinique is a

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