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I and the Village: Daughter of the Kibbutz

Estee Cohen Laub

Born and raised in Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk, Estee recounts a life shaped by communal upbringing ‎and the turbulent history of Israel. In this moving memoir through the persecution of her family ‎during the Nazi mass killing of Jews in Lithuania, life in a young Kibbutz during World War II, and ‎the struggles for individuality in an Egalitarian setting.‎
As Estee navigates love and loss amid the Six-Day War, her narrative intertwined personal stories, ‎historical perspectives, and reflection on trauma, survival and the silent legacy of the Holocaust.‎
As the dance of life unfolds, Estee's path leads to a transformative summer, a love story with Shal, ‎and a journey towards self-discovery. Torn between her ambitions, love and duty, Estee faces the ‎consequences of her choices made during the Yom-Kippur War, culminating in a heartbreaking ‎separation. It is a captivating Coming-Of-Age Story.‎

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ABOUT ESTEE COHEN LAUB


Estee Cohen Laub is an Israeli Sabra born in 1952. ‎She grew up on Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk. Estee came to ‎the USA in 1975 to study dance at Martha Graham ‎School in NYC. She has been a clinical social worker ‎and a creative art therapist in private practice for the ‎last forty years. Estee developed and directed a dance ‎therapy program for special needs children for almost ‎twenty years. Estee lives at Stony Brook, Long Island, ‎with her husband Herb and their poodle named GiGi.‎