The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame

Twenty-five fascinating, revealing interviews with the mothers of twenty-five high-achieving Jewish people, including the mothers of Stephen Spielberg, ex-convict Abbie Hoffman, Nobel Medalist Rosalyn Yalow, and more.

Like other mothers in the book, Clara, who died recently, exemplified a life of hard work and sacrifice, as well as worry about her child when a teacher told her Rosalyn was a genius. ("I never met the man Einstein but I heard he was a little peculiar.") The author says Leah Adler, mother of film director Steven Spielberg, was the funniest person he'd ever met, and readers will agree. With obvious love and pride, she kvetches about bringing up a peculiar son ("I didn't know what the hell he was"). There are reports on rock stars, a lawyer, playwright and other achievers and at least two people more notorious than famous: porn film star Harry Reems and yippie ex-convict Abbie Hoffman.

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Steven Spielberg's mother	p. 1
Dan Greenburg's mother	p. 8
Lisa Birnbach's mother	p. 12
Eddie Fisher's mother	p. 23
Adam Rich's mother	p. 32
David Brenner's mother	p. 39
Dr. Joyce Brothers' mother	p. 45
Abbie Hoffman's mother	p. 55
Neil Sedaka's mother	p. 64
Rosalyn Yalow's mother	p. 70
Robert Klein's mother	p. 76
David Wallechinsky's mother	p. 85
Richard Dreyfuss' mother	p. 97
Mitch Gaylord's mother	p. 104
Marilyn Michaels' mother	p. 110
Uri Geller's mother	p. 117
Yakov Smirnoff's mother	p. 121
Harvey Fierstein's mother	p. 129
Gene Simmons' mother	p. 136
Fran Lebowitz's mother	p. 141
Harry Reems' mother	p. 148
Melissa Manchester's mother	p. 153
Marvin Mitchelson's mother	p. 160
Bob Dylan's mother	p. 168
About the author's mother	p. 171
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