Martin Pear JCC
12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale 12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, ArizonaMonday, February 21, 2022 12:30 - 2:00 pm Martin Pear JCC 12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale Our February speaker is Ruth Rotkowitz. Ruth is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and has become an expert on inherited trauma. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in English. In New Jersey, she taught writing at two community colleges. In New York, Ruth taught English at one of the city’s specialized high schools. After moving to Arizona, she joined the Phoenix Holocaust Association, an organization dedicated to preserving the Shoah memory. As a representative of the organization, she gives talks throughout the Phoenix area on Holocaust-related books and programs. Ruth is the author of two novels, Escaping the Whale and the prequel, The Whale Surfaces. The protagonist of Escaping the Whale, in...