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Mixed
If Judaism were a swimming pool, Ruth would be at the centre of it, Miriam would be sitting at the edge, dangling her feet in the water, and Uncle Gerald wouldn’t even be in the building.
How do you live a Jewish life in a non-Jewish world? Sisters Ruth and Miriam Green take different stances. Living in north London, Ruth has a Jewish husband, sends her children to Jewish schools and is very involved in the local Jewish community. Miriam lives in the Midlands, has a non-Jewish husband and her children attend a school where they are the only Jewish pupils.
Ruth is a Jewish Brit.
Miriam is a British Jew.
Their different approaches lead to tension and division in the family: will those rifts be healed or will the family be torn apart forever?
There are other interesting characters: Morris who cloaks his sexuality in Jewish jokes; psychiatrist Israel who is more interested in his giant vegetables than his wife, and Shlossy, who dresses like a man, smokes a pipe and insults everyone in Yiddish.
Taking its structure from a challah, Mixed has three plaited strands: narrative, character chapters and Jewish recipes with a funny twist. The novel is like Judaism itself: funny, serious and complex.
How do you live a Jewish life in a non-Jewish world? Sisters Ruth and Miriam Green take different stances. Living in north London, Ruth has a Jewish husband, sends her children to Jewish schools and is very involved in the local Jewish community. Miriam lives in the Midlands, has a non-Jewish husband and her children attend a school where they are the only Jewish pupils.
Ruth is a Jewish Brit.
Miriam is a British Jew.
Their different approaches lead to tension and division in the family: will those rifts be healed or will the family be torn apart forever?
There are other interesting characters: Morris who cloaks his sexuality in Jewish jokes; psychiatrist Israel who is more interested in his giant vegetables than his wife, and Shlossy, who dresses like a man, smokes a pipe and insults everyone in Yiddish.
Taking its structure from a challah, Mixed has three plaited strands: narrative, character chapters and Jewish recipes with a funny twist. The novel is like Judaism itself: funny, serious and complex.
248 pages, Paperback
Published April 18, 2022
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May 23, 2023
As a Jewish person, I enjoyed this book. I don’t see a non-Jewish person relating to it at all! It is both entertaining – I laughed quite a bit – and quite sad at times for me. That is my very personal opinion. I am uncomfortable with the non-acceptance of others. Overall an enjoyable read.
August 28, 2025
Muy lindo pero me dejó ligeramente triste debido a todas las oportunidades perdidas por falta de comunicación
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