
“I feel a very strong connection to Jewish people and specifically I would say to Ashkenazi Jews in America, but also in Europe. While she has found her “spiritual home” within Buddhism, Rebecca emphasises she feels “culturally Jewish”. I was carrying, and the ways in which I needed to be supported.”Īfter an intense period of estrangement, the pair are now reconciled and, as a mother andĪn author herself, Rebecca now understands “the alchemy of making art”, which she says is embedded in her own DNA. “ was very much about prioritising her work.

Rebecca recalled her difficulty in growing up as the daughter of a writer, and specifically as Alice’s daughter.
