Paul Cowan was an inspiring author of several books, including The
Tribes of America, The Making of an Un-American, and, with his
wife, Rachel Cowan, Mixed Blessings. He died in 1988 of
complications from leukemia. Rachel Cowan wrote the Afterword for
the paperback edition of An Orphan in History (originally published
by Doubleday).
Rabbi Rachel Cowan directs the Jewish Life Program of the Nathan
Cummings Foundation in New
York City. Ordained by Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of
Religion, she teaches and lectures extensively. Her own attachment
to psalms as a resource for healing grows from her experience with
her late husband Paul Cowan's struggle to find hope in the face of
a fatal illness.
"A deeply moving and very well-written account of a personal twentieth-century odyssey."—Chaim Potok"More than the story of a life; it is the story of an experience…. At a time when many are seeking answers in all sorts of paths—religious, mystical and political—Paul Cowan managed to find them, and himself, in his own history."—Richard F. Shepard, New York Times “Beautiful and moving…. An Orphan in Historywill interest hyphenated Americans of every variety.”—Charles Silberman, New York TimesBook Review “The rest of us have caught up with Cowan. More than ever we need his provocative story of the tension between the desire to be an American and the compulsion to be a Jew.”—Lee Meyerhoff Hendler, author of The Year Mom Got Religion: One Woman's Midlife Journey into Judaism
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