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Feb 11, 20244 min read
In the Midst of Worldwide Jewish Tsuris (Troubles), This Jewish Grandmother Adheres to Extinguishing the Darkness By Focusing on Light and Moral Clarity
It is not without irony that 2024 has brought us Jews worldwide tsuris (the Yiddish word for troubles), and also upheaval for the rest of...
Jan 13, 20249 min read
Entering the New Year 2024 with Great Trepidation, and Wishing It Was Not So
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Upon the coming of the new year, for several years, I felt the need to write about my mother’s mantra that was...
Nov 3, 20235 min read
The Truth Is Most Painful
My Mother, a Holocaust survivor, experienced inhumanity to man that I would wish on no one. She raised me with tikkun olam (meaning...
Jan 22, 20224 min read
A Holocaust Survivor’s Child Shares National Council of Jewish Women’s Response to Events at The Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Principles of Active Shooter Training to Incorporate in Daily Life,
As a child of Holocaust survivors, I was not only horrified, I was and am terrified by the January 15, 2022 terrorist attack on the...
Nov 14, 20214 min read
A New Baby Has Been Born Into Our Holocaust Family
Yesterday, a new baby was born into our Holocaust family. A new baby in the family is a momentous event but to a Holocaust family, the...
Sep 26, 20214 min read
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...
Nov 12, 20208 min read
We Americans Who Are All Immigrants to Our Country Created the Fabric Of Our Society, Wear or Carry or Wave the Red, White, and Blue, So How Can we Show Our Loyalty To America?
The presidential election vote is in and shows that we are clearly divided as a nation. President-Elect Biden’s priority is for our...
Jan 8, 20205 min read
Becoming the Matriarch of a Holocaust Survivor Family in 2020, Seventy Five Years after the Holocaus
It is not without irony that 2020 is ushered in with the death of the last living Holocaust survivor from our family. My Mother, GG...
Sep 4, 20194 min read
Our Granddaughter’s Twinning at Yad Vashem’s Special Bar and Bat Mitzvah Tour And You Can Do it For Your Teen Too, In Your Home Town, Without Going to Jerusalem, Israel
Holocaust Education is mandated in many states and children all over the United States are taught the horrors of targeting people just...
May 29, 20195 min read
What this Grandma, Meghan Markle and Peppa Pig Have In Common Seems to Be the Big News Currently and
When I immigrated to the United States with my parents, I was six months old. Although my mother (GG Frieda) insisted that I was toilet...
Mar 15, 20195 min read
It Does Not Take Very Much to Trigger Holocaust Memories When You Are A Child of Holocaust Survivors
The day was the ordinary. I ran errands. I went to Whole Foods for a dozen items that came to $44. I took my car in for service and went...
Apr 8, 20189 min read
Preserving Family History Leads To Much Less than Six Degrees of Separation with President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Future Connecting With the Significant Past
“Six Degrees of Separation” a play and movie of our Boomer generation, written by American playwright John Guare, opened on Broadway in...
Mar 27, 20184 min read
Our Choice of Bread Defines Where We have Come From, Who We Are, and Sometimes Who We Aspire To Be
Our eleven year old granddaughter, visiting for spring break, asked for a sandwich. Ever the doting grandmother, I had purchased three...
Jan 5, 20189 min read
2018 New Year’s Resolutions Focusing on Feelings That Span A Lifetime Will Bring Us Joy
For New Years 2017, this Grandma wrote “2017 New Year’s Resolutions Focusing on Feelings That Span A Lifetime Will Bring Us Joy.” When I...
Apr 18, 20154 min read
Learning More to Share With the Great-Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors and Being More Concerned About the World in Which We Live
It is so difficult for this Grandma to watch the evening news. The world in which we live is a scary place and when the world becomes...
Mar 31, 20156 min read
When Should Grandchildren Learn About the Holocaust
A dear long (we never say old) friend, also a grandma, said her grandson, age six, overheard her discussing a Holocaust movie with his...
Jan 15, 20155 min read
This Grandma Feels A Need to Apologize to the Grandchildren for the World in Which We Now Live
I do not think I know how the world in which we live got to be what it is today. MY PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN, THE WORLD IS A SCARY PLACE,...
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