Roni Robbins shares her thoughts and inspiration for the Jewish New Year. From Family Gatherings to Prayers for Empty Seats Rosh Hashanah, and really most of the Jewish holidays, once brought our New York family together. We all lived either in New York or adjoining states and gathered in my grandparents’ modest Rego Park living room where a series of… Read More »Roni Robbins’ Rosh Hashanah Message for 2024
Class Notes: Roni Robbins ’87 was recognized with an International Book Award for multicultural fiction and Global Book Award gold medal for biographical-survival for her novel Hands of Gold. Here are links to Roni’s more recent articles: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: CLICK HEREMedscape: CLICK HEREAtlanta Jewish Times: CLICK HERETimes of Israel blogs: CLICK HERE
This year’s annual Chanukah bazaar at Congregation Or Ve Shalom, the Sephardic synagogue on North Druid Hills Road in Brookhaven, welcomed one of the largest crowds in its history. The synagogue’s parking lot was closed to most visitors shortly after the 11 a.m. opening. Parking spaces on surrounding streets were also in short supply. The slow-moving line for the Sephardic… Read More »Chanukah Bazaar at Or Ve Shalom a Big Success
Roni Robbins’ debut novel, “Hands of Gold: One Man’s Quest to Find the Silver Lining in Misfortune,” won the AMERICAN BOOK FEST 2023 International Book Awards. Author Roni Robbins’ first novel, “Hands of Gold” is the winner of the 2023 International Book Awards in the category of multicultural fiction. The novel is loosely based on an inspiring true story. Using… Read More »‘Hands of Gold’ Wins Award Among Thousands
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 Robbins, a longtime journalist and editor, spent seven years writing the novel, delivering a gripping, dramatic story inspired by real-life events of her family. As the book… Read More »Hands of Gold: A Man’s Quest to Find the Silver Lining
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
Here are some thoughtful ideas for adding your signature style to any Mother’s Day gift Previous Next Mother’s Day is on the way, and we know that finding the right gift for the moms in your life can be challenging. Consider her favorite things: what does she enjoy, collect or love the most — besides you, of course? Below are… Read More »Mother’s Day 2022 Gift Guide
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’
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
More than two decades ago I began the path to becoming an author, using my knowledge as a journalist to create a story that began with facts and developed into a novel. I took a break from full-time newspaper writing to raise my two young children and write a book based on cassette tapes my grandfather left about his life,… Read More »Career Transition: From Journalist to Author