A retired professor of English at Brooklyn College, Joan Zlotnick’s most recent writings include Holding it Together: Surviving Caregiving and Loss (Tfutza), a column on caregiving and grief in Mishpacha Magazine, and an enovel, Griefwriting (Amazon). She and her daughter-in-law, Grunny Zlotnick, have recently finished editing a book of essays on the subject of loving your fellow Jew.