Tag Archives: grandfathers
A Slice of Life
by Chaim Weinstein (Brooklyn, NY) My daughter and son-in-law pray in an old-fashioned synagogue where women sit in the balcony and the pale yellow wooden pews are creaky. As their new baby’s grandfather, I feel a little creaky myself. Still, … Continue reading
Filed under American Jewry, Family history
Zaidie and Ferdele
by Carol Katz (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) I loved Ma’s father, Zaidie Gedalia. He and Bubby Bobtze lived on City Hall Street near Mount Royal Ave. This was Montreal in the 1940s, the era and area of Mordecai Richler, Baron Byng … Continue reading
Filed under Canadian Jewry, Family history, Jewish identity
Life in America
by Harry Lazarus (Tenafly, NJ) interviewed by Bruce Black When I was growing up, I used to love listening to my grandfather, Harry Lazarus, z”l, retell stories about his childhood in Zharnov and how he made his way to America. … Continue reading
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Ticket to New York
by Harry Lazarus (Tenafly, NJ) Interviewed by Bruce Black When I was growing up, I used to love listening to my grandfather, Harry Lazarus, z”l, retell stories about his childhood in Zharnov and how he made his way to America. … Continue reading
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Turmoil in Vienna
by Harry Lazarus (Tenafly, NJ) interviewed by Bruce Black When I was growing up, I used to love listening to my grandfather, Harry Lazarus, z”l, retell stories about his childhood in Zharnov, a small village near Lodz and not far … Continue reading
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War Breaks Out
by Harry Lazarus (Tenafly, NJ) (interviewed by Bruce Black) When I was growing up, I used to love listening to my grandfather, Harry Lazarus, z”l, retell stories about his childhood in Zharnov, a small village near Lodz and not far … Continue reading
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Growing Up in Zharnov
by Harry Lazarus (Tenafly, NJ) (interviewed by Bruce Black) When I was growing up, I used to love listening to my grandfather, Harry Lazarus, z”l, retell stories about his childhood in Zharnov, a small village near Lodz and not far … Continue reading
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Grandpa’s Shears
by Janet Ruth Falon (Elkins Park, PA) I have a photograph of my maternal grandfather, Sam Frankel, sitting in the New York City sweatshop where he earned his subsistence living. He looks rakish, wearing a cap and looking right at … Continue reading
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Papa Chazanow
by Marianne Goldsmith (Oakland, CA) “Eat, don’t talk.” I received this advice from the only grandparent I ever knew – Frank (Papa) Chazanow. The occasion was lunch at Papa’s house, when I was 5 1/2, old enough to manage my … Continue reading
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