Author Spotlight, Episode 9 - Chaya Rochel Zimmerman
This episode of Author Spotlight is sponsored by D.G. Schulman, author of the novel Anna’s Promise - A journey of rebellion and transformation threatens the bonds of love and family.
In episode 9 of our Author Spotlight series, Founder and Editor of History Through Fiction, Colin Mustful, chats with Chaya Rochel Zimmerman, author of the novel The Next Pair of Shoes. During the interview, Zimmerman talks about her grandparents and their escape from the Pogroms in Poland, the challenges for today’s Jewish Orthodox community, and the meaning of communal self-reflection. Don’t miss it!
About the Author
Chaya Rochel Zimmerman was born and raised in Staten Island, New York, by her immigrant Polish father and her Brooklyn-born mother. From an early age, Chaya was drawn to the world of education and its endless possibilities. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Education from Brooklyn College and her Master’s in Math Education from the University of Maryland. Subsequently, she attended Machon Chana and Bais Rivka Seminary in New York to deepen her Jewish knowledge. Her writing takes the common experience of contemporary Jewish Orthodox life, highlighting challenges and illuminating and validating them. In Zimmeran’s novel, The Next Pair of Shoes, readers step into the shoes of Froyim and Fraidel Leah as they struggle to build a brighter future, one footstep at a time.
