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Mar 18, 20227 min read
What Message Are You Giving Your Children and Grandchildren About Living Life
Life and Death And Survival Among Jews these words resonate, as through history Jews and Jewish families have had to face the threat of...


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...


Nov 25, 202014 min read
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....


Apr 29, 20204 min read
Passing Along Something Beautiful and Thought Provoking During the Coronavirus Pandemic
So many jokes and cartoons and videos come to me during this coronavirus period. They bring comic relief to this time of the coronavirus...


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...


Apr 14, 20144 min read
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...
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