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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/jewess-wool-clothing/"></div><p>When I was married and my then-husband and I visited Ireland, where half of his ancestors are from, everyone we met thought that I was the one who was looking for her roots. This thrilled me for reasons I’m not sure of. Was the actress in me proud of how well I could lose myself in another identity? Was it that I believed the Irish are the lost tribe of Israel — Leopold Bloom, <em>Abie’s Irish Rose</em>? Was it some latent Jewish self-hatred? Or was it simply the relief of knowing I could pass as Gentile? <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/jewess-wool-clothing/#more-5398" class="more-link">Read more</a></p>
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Jewess in Wool Clothing

Susan Golomb is a literary agent who lives and works in New York City. She is a contributor to the collection <em>We Wear the Mask: 15 True Stories of Passing in America</em>.