Life and Death And Survival Among Jews these words resonate, as through history Jews and Jewish families have had to face the threat of losing loved ones to hate and survival from crimes of hate just because of religion and practice of religion. On February 22, 2022, Merrick Garland, Attorney General, Department of Justice, briefed […]
What Message Are You Giving Your Children and Grandchildren About Living Life
I AM A REFUGEE. I LOVE AMERICA
One Sunday morning, I was watching news reels of Afghan refugees carrying babies. It hit home to me, as I was a baby brought to America at six months old by my Holocaust survivor parents. I sat down at the computer and began to write what I intended to be a blog post. After I […]
Our Holocaust Family History, Part II. My Mother, Holocaust Survivor
My mother, born Feiga (“little bird” or Zipora in Hebrew) Jelen, for whom our granddaughter is named), rarely spoke of the Holocaust. When her first great grandchild was born, she wrote: “There is an outpouring of emotion. Remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust. Resistance. Remembrance. Survival. Centered on one basic lesson–to never forget. The […]
Grandmas Do Have A Responsibility After All
This Grandma’s mantra is that grandparenting should be no responsibility and all joy. After all, we did our best to be responsible parents and now we have the parents of our children to be responsible. I read Mama Sass’s column in the Miami Herald, March 29, 2014, “Sharing Family Stories Enriching for Children.” She wrote […]