Kim Salzman, an Israeli with Pittsburgh ties, will release her debut novel, “Straddling Black and White,” on April 13. The protagonist, 14-year-old Azmera, embarks on the treacherous journey via Sudan to join her father in Israel, leaving her pregnant mother and younger siblings behind. Upon her arrival to Israel, Azmera struggles to assimilate into her new homeland where the language, the land, the culture and the people are foreign to her. Get The Jewish Chronicle Weekly Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up“Straddling Black and White,” Salzman writes, “is more than just a novel about the heroic Ethiopian Jewry’s immigration to Israel — it is a novel about risking everything in pursuit of a dream.”Salzman was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. She lives in Northern Israel and works as the Israel and overseas director at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Source: Ethiopian News March 30, 2023 23:57 UTC