{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/dd9bf09f-c85c-5b84-8fc6-ac7c8574cacc/68a7704873bf5b62989b5e6b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rachel Cockerell, MELTING POINT: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b786f01695623d36e9514d/1756474008797-99235887-1d73-4136-bdd7-946ba4f958dd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Zibby chats with author Rachel Cockerell about her dazzling, eclectic, genre-bending new book, MELTING POINT: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land. Blending family memoir with forgotten chapters of Jewish history, Rachel uncovers the extraordinary life of her great-grandfather, the early debates within Zionism, and the little-known Galveston Plan to resettle Jewish immigrants in Texas. She explains her innovative method of weaving together primary sources to create a vivid, novel-like narrative, and reflects on themes of assimilation, identity, and historical memory.</p><p><br></p><p>Purchase on Bookshop: <a href=\"https://bit.ly/4lAp4ub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bit.ly/4lAp4ub</a></p><p><br></p><p>Share, rate, &amp; review the podcast, and follow Zibby on Instagram <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/zibbyowens/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@zibbyowens</a>!</p>","author_name":"Zibby Owens"}