This interview originally aired on March 18th, 2021.
Author and journalist Julie Salamon (Wall Street Journal and NY Times) sits down with mother/ daughter artists Susan Rosenberg Jones and Rebecca Naomi Jones. Photographer, Susan Rosenberg Jones discusses how she came to photography and how it helped her to process the death of her first husband, Eddie Jones. Actor, Rebecca Naomi Jones shares about her latest project, “Genius Aretha,” growing up Jewish and Black, her father’s influence on her artistry and the grief at his loss.
Topics covered in this program: Photography, theatre, music, loss of a parent/ spouse, art and the process of grieving, navigating the identity of being both Jewish and Black.