She's an iconic Jewish storyteller. She's a widely acclaimed professor and folklorist. She's a Columbia alum. She's the one-and-only Peninnah Schram, and Peninnah's World: A Jewish Life in Stories is her biography.
Peninnah's World dramatizes Schram's extraordinary trajectory from New London, Connecticut-born child of immigrant parents steeped in Jewish tradition in the 1930s and '40s to award-winning, Upper West Side-based performer, writer and scholar. Along the way, Schram meets befriends such luminaries as Elie Wiesel and Isaac Bashevis Singer, and meets Molly Picon, Jeff Goldblum and Don McLean.
Written by storytelling studies affiliate professor and performer Caren Schnur Neile, the tales are designed to enjoy and share aloud. At the same time, they serve as models for all those interested in creating their own life and family stories.
Welcome to Peninnah's World. Prepare to explore your own.
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