Valley Beit Midrash

Valley Beit Midrash is proud to present “'Concealed'— Memoir of a Jewish/Iranian Daughter Caught Between the Chador and America," a virtual event about Esther Amini's book of the same name. Facilitated by Elana Storch, this event is a riveting account of Esther's life and the Persian-Jewish experience in America. You can learn more about Esther on her website: http://estheramini.com/ Follow her on Instagram: @estheraminiauthor PURCHASE THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3imPu2L Esther Amini is a writer, painter, and psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice. Her short stories have appeared in Elle, Lilith, Tablet, The Jewish Week, Barnard Magazine, TK University’s Inscape Literary, and Proximity. She was named one of Aspen Words’ two best-emerging memoirists and awarded its Emerging Writer Fellowship in 2016 based on her memoir entitled: “Concealed.” Her pieces have been performed by Jewish Women’s Theatre in Los Angeles and in Manhattan, and was chosen by JWT as their Artist-in-Residence in 2019. DONATE: