Tag Archives: mothers and daughters
Bubby’s Menorah
by Janet Ruth Falon (Elkins Park, PA) I never scrape off the melted wax on my mother’s mother’s menorah. I like the layers of color and the textures of time and underneath, the tarnish of greying age. My mother, when … Continue reading
Filed under American Jewry, Family history, poetry
On Transmitting Family Trauma to the Next Generation
by Suzanna Eibuszyc (Calabasas, CA) It is said that in every survivor’s family, one child is unconsciously chosen to be a ‘memorial candle,’ to carry on the mourning and to dedicate his or her life to the memory of the … Continue reading
Filed under American Jewry, Jewish identity
Keeping it Kosher, Local Style
By Lorraine Gershun (Oahu, Hawaii) My oldest daughter occasionally stays after Sunday school for a youth group event or Purim play practice or other extracurricular activity. On the days that I am not driving for the carpool and cannot pick … Continue reading
Filed under American Jewry, Jewish identity
Shiva
by Leslie LaskinReese (San Rafael, CA) Lori asked if we would sit shiva and I said no, who would come that knows Mom? That was my knee jerk reaction. Raised a Jew but not trained a Jew. We never sat … Continue reading
Filed under American Jewry, Family history
