Carol Ascher

Carol Ascher is a writer and spiritual director (Bekhol Levavkha, Hebrew Union College). She is the author of seven books of fiction and nonfiction, and spent many years as an anthropologist (Ph.D., Columbia University) studying equality in public education.

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Our Guatemalan Teenager

June 16, 2020

Becoming the guardian of an immigrant teenager is not only a political commitment; it comes with powerful emotional rewards and costs.

Carol Ascher

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Our Guatemalan Teenager

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