Published by: Atlanta Jewish Times

Hands of Gold: A Man’s Quest to Find the Silver Lining

Seasoned writer Roni Robbins’ award-winning novel, “Hands of Gold: One Man’s Quest to find the Silver Lining in Misfortune,” offers a poignant must-read story. By ROBYN SPIZMAN GERSON October 13, 2022, 10:52 am Seasoned writer Roni Robbins’ award-winning novel, “Hands of Gold: One Man’s Quest to find the Silver Lining in Misfortune,” offers a poignant must-read story. Robbins, a longtime… Read More »Hands of Gold: A Man’s Quest to Find the Silver Lining

Presenting this Year’s Book Festival Preview

Atlanta Jewish Times joins Greenberg Traurig as “presenting sponsors” of this year’s book festival. By KAYLENE LADINSKY October 13, 2022, 10:53 am The 31st edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA started on Oct. 12 with Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan, “Mad Honey: A Novel” as the first in-person event to kick off the festival, followed by Benjamin… Read More »Presenting this Year’s Book Festival Preview

Robbins Recounts Her Grandfather’s ‘Hands of Gold’

The struggles encountered by Samuel and Hannah in “Hands of Gold” were a product of the times, making it out of Hungary and landing in Canada before sneaking across the border to New York in the early 1900s. Granted, we have struggles of our own in these more modern times, but nothing like what Samuel and Hannah experienced. The constant… Read More »Robbins Recounts Her Grandfather’s ‘Hands of Gold’

Robbins’ New Novel Finds Silver Lining in Misfortune

Roni Robbins new novel was inspired by her grandfather’s recorded memories that weave together a family’s history over much of the last hundred years. Twenty-seven years ago, Roni Robbins inherited a well-worn cardboard box with ten audio tape cassette recordings of her grandfather, Simon Farkas. These tapes contained reminiscences of Farkas’s long life, told over a two-year period, before he… Read More »Robbins’ New Novel Finds Silver Lining in Misfortune