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Greta Beigel

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Born

in South Africa

Genre

Poetry, Humor, Religion & Spirituality

Member Since

November 2010

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A child piano prodigy, Greta Beigel was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household in Johannesburg. She earned a Performers' Licenciate Diploma in Music from the University of South Africa and was awarded an overseas scholarship. She studied with Aube Tzerko in Los Angeles, and there, reunited with her long-lost Yiddishe father. She went on to become an arts reporter and editor specializing in classical music coverage. Greta is the author of three Jewish-themed titles: "Mewsings: My Life as Jewish Cat," (also an audio CD on itunes); "A Jew from Riga," a short story about her visit to Latvia in order to trace her father's mysterious past, and her latest, "Kvetch: One Bitch of a Life," a memoir about growing up Jewish and a gifted pianist in Afri ...more

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Average rating: 3.5 · 44 ratings · 10 reviews · 5 distinct works

	KVETCH: ONE BITCH OF A LIFE--A Memoir of Music & Survival 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Jew from Riga 3.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mewsings: My Life as a Jewish Cat 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mewsings: My Life as a Jewish Cat it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recent Events in Eastern Germany 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars