Portrait of Me: Featuring Christine Kontos

Kids on the Block

by Barbara Aiello, Jeffrey Shulman

Eleven-year-old Christine copes successfully with her diabetes but finds it much more difficult to come to terms with the demands of her Greek-American heritage. Includes a section of questions and answers about diabetes and its treatment.

48 pages, Library Binding

First published July 1, 1989

About the author

Rabbi Barbara Aiello is founder of the B'nei Anusim movement in Southern Italy and director of the IjCC (The Italian Jewish Cultural Center of Calabria) which helps those with Italian heritage discover and embrace their Jewish roots. Aielllo is rabbi of the Ner Tamid del Sud. the first active synagogue in Calabria in 500 years since inquisition times.