JEWISH, MALE & CHILDLESS

To purchase a copy of The Pater go to your favorite online book site or ask your local book dealer to order for you. The Pater is also available in Kindle. See the interview here

Perfect for Father's Day for the childless man in your life.  "The Pater: My Father, My Judaism, My Childlessness," by Elliot Jager  (Amazon, Book Depository and other online booksellers)

Marking 100 years since the Balfour Declaration

Dear Reader, I am glad you stopped by and that you have heard of my book. Please be in touch by visiting (and liking) my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Pater-My-Father-My-Judaism-My-Childlessness-927232393986393/ or email me at this address pater.amemoir@gmail.com I am happy to discuss my book at book clubs via Skype or in person. What is my book about? Lots of things... Childlessness from a man's perspective  Jewish childlessness fatherlessness Second Generation Holocaust Lower East Side Father-son relationships Healing Spirituality Laughter  It is not just my story.  Elliot Jager Jerusalem, Israel Buy the book from Amazon. Buy the book from Book Depository Jerusalem's Pomeranz Books Be'eri 5 Street phone 02-623-5559 Just around the corner from the First Knesset (soon to be museum) on King George Street 

With a hat tip to Rav Benji Siegel who brought it to our attention in shul last week -- look for the amazing similarities between the story of Joseph and the Esther story in the Megillah. And in between  Hamantaschen here is some more food for thought:  Was M ordechai a childless Jewish man. Amazon and Barnes & Noble both offer express services that allow you to gift a copy of The Pater to a reader you love in time for Purim.

The metro Tel Aviv launch of The Pater book will be held at Habayit Shel Benji on Tuesday March 15.  Tel Aviv-based journalist, Algemeiner web editor and Israel Hayom & Jerusalem Post columnist Ruthie Blum will be in conversation with Elliot Jager.   For security reasons, you need to RSVP, so please reserve your seat/s by sending email to pater.amemoir@gmail.com — include your name, cellphone number and names of people attending with you; we will confirm receipt of your email and provide further details. Proceeds from book sales will be donated to Habayit Shel Benji Liberty Barnes, University of Cambridge sociologist & author: "Jager has created a new genre of storytelling. Masterfully weaving together autobiography, genealogy, demography, politics, Bible stories, and interviews, Jager explores the cultural meanings of fatherlessness and childlessness in the notably pro-family context of modern Judaism. With fitting skepticism and good hum...

c ontact information:   pater.amemoir@gmail.com This page last updated Feb 2, 2016 Jerusalem Book Launch & Sale Monday February 8, 2016  Elliot Jager in dialogue  with Start Up Nation author  Saul Singer  Moreshet Avraham Rechov  Adam 22  East Talpiot 18:30 For the latest news on  THE PATER please visit our   Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/Pater-My-Father-My-Judaism-My-Childlessness-927232393986393/ JEWISH BOOK WEEK LONDON Be Fruitful and Multiply  Elliot Jager in dialogue with Simon Hattenstone of The Guardian Sunday, 21 February 2016 - 11:00am  Location: St Pancras Price: £6.50  In his provocative book The Pater , Elliot Jager tackles a near-taboo topic:  the Orthodox Jewish attitude towards infertility and what it feels like to be a childless Jewish man.  In conversation with Guardian journalist Simon Hattenstone he also grapp...