At Lunch with Rachel Cockerell

Julie Salamon (New York Times bestselling author and journalist ) sits down with author Rachel Cockerell. Rachel’s recent book Melting Point is centered around the Galveston Movement, a long-forgotten project that brought 10,000 Russian Jews to Texas pre-WWI – led by her great-grandfather David Jochelmann. The book is constructed entirely of primary sources, one flowing into the next, so long-dead voices reanimate, jostle for space, and converge to tell a story with novel-like vividness and detail.  During the process of writing the book, Rachel’s research took her to Texas, Ohio, New York, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem. She has spoken about her work on CNN, the BBC and at TEDx.