A Sacrifice to Athena

Rachel Adler remembers appalling her mother by experimenting with old-time religion as a child.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "A Sacrifice to Athena." (Viewed on February 12, 2025) <http://qa.jwa.org/media/sacrifice-to-athena>.