Monthly Archives: January 2009
The Gray Hairpin
by Linda Albert (Longboat Key, FL) Granny, who was my mother’s mother, stayed with us every year when the High Holidays rolled around because we lived within walking distance of a synagogue, and, as a traditional Jew, she would not … Continue reading
Filed under American Jewry
Return to Germany
by Sonia Pressman Fuentes (Sarasota, FL) In 1978, my husband, Roberto, and I began to plan a trip to Greece. Neither of us had ever been there, and we looked forward to exploring its historic ruins and taking a cruise … Continue reading
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The School on Bleibtreustrasse
by Ellen Norman Stern (Willow Grove, PA) In the spring of 1934, a new stage of my life began: I started school. Because the German school year began in the spring and I had a July birthday, I was six, … Continue reading
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An Act of Atonement
By Harriet Kessler (Woodbury Heights, NJ) We were probably the first girls– Susan Fuld and I–to be bat mitzvahed in all of Rego Park, NY. It was 1946, and our shul, the Rego Park Jewish Center, was a storefront across … Continue reading
Filed under American Jewry, Jewish identity
