Like Mother, Like Daughter (Women’s History Day Seven)

 In perhaps the easiest connection I’ll find this month, I want to give credit to Chava Rosenfarb’s daughter, Goldie Morgentaler. She translated her mother’s work, the work of other Yiddish writers including I.L. Peretz, and she has preserved her mother’s history through interviews with the Wexler Oral History Project.

Goldie with her mother, in an article about a grant she received to research Chava’s life

In her own right, Goldie has become a prolific writer, often with Chava as the subject. She has ensured her mother’s story was written not just in Chava’s words, but also in Goldie’s. Articles considering her mother’s writing, friendships, history, and life have been published during Goldie’s academic career. Their legacies are intertwined.

To read more from and about Goldie: She talks about her love of literature in this article, and here are her articles in Tablet.