Monthly Archives: July 2010
Digging to China
by Roslyn Bernstein (New York, NY) Summer 1951 We wore aluminum dog tags with our religion stamped on them, so that a stranger would know where to bury us after an atom bomb attack. It was the fifties, a time … Continue reading
Filed under American Jewry, Jewish identity
Difficult
by David J. Glenn (Brooklyn, NY) “It’s difficult being a Jew.” Children of the many Jewish immigrants who came to America at the turn of the 20th century continually heard that lament from their parents. The complaint certainly was not … Continue reading
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“Man is a Wolf”
by Lev Raphael (Okemos, MI) My demanding and charismatic mother has been dead for eleven years but I still often think about her, wishing she were alive. There’ll be a question I want to ask her about her past, or … Continue reading
Filed under American Jewry, Family history
