The Jewish Daughter Diaries by Rachel Ament

“If Barbra Streisand could be so famous and amazing and wonderful with her nose, why should mine be any problem?” the former child actress from “Blossom” writes.

More than one writer mentions her “Jewish nose,” including Bialik. Mayim Bialik, actor from “The Big Bang Theory” and blogger for Kveller Jena Friedman, a producer with “The Daily Show ” and Deb Margolin, a playwright and actor, said “yes.” Foul-mouthed comedian Sarah Silverman and essayist Sloane Cosley said “no”-they’re too busy, their publicists told Ament. In putting the collection together, Ament contacted about 40 writers. The youngest contributor is writer and BuzzFeed senior editor Lauren Yapalater, 24 the oldest is stand-up comedian Wendy Liebman, 53. The result- The Jewish Daughter Diaries: True Stories of Being Loved Too Much by Our Moms-features 27 essays, and is set for a May 6 release by Sourcebook in time for Mother’s Day (May 11). “At the root of all these stereotypical, worrying, overprotective moms, is love.”Ī social media writer for Capital One, as well as a freelance writer, Ament decided about three years ago that it would be fun to invite Jewish women writers she admires-mostly bloggers, standup comics, and actors-to contribute stories about their mothers for an anthology.

“My mom is probably every Jewish stereotype scrunched into one,” the Washington, DC, resident tells JNS.org. Rachel Ament noticed that she and her friends often shared humorous anecdotes that were typically variations on a theme: overprotective, worrying Jewish moms who smothered them with love.

The Jewish Daughter Diaries by Rachel Ament