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Oral History on Frieda Sysman   You live with it all the time but don’t talk about. I thank God I’m in America – it is a beautiful coun...

I know it's been a while... three years in fact since I last posted. A few months ago, I started thinking about writing my grandparent...

A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler recently died. During WWII, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist....

Open now through August 7th at The Center for Jewish History - Katherine and Clifford H. Goldsmith Gallery.   This exhibit brings togethe...

In this weekend's Wall Street Journal , Peter Eisenman's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe was featured in an article titled ...

Last week, I was invited to the Center for Jewish History in Union Square for an evening of music and discussion organized by the Leo Baeck ...

At the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, we work to make sure the Holocaust's lessons about individual responsibility and the dan...

Only take heed, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart al...

I was fortunate to meet Lorraine Lotzof Abramson, the author of My Race . Lorraine's grandparents left Eastern Europe to escape oppressi...

Of the dozens of Jewish memorials scattered throughout Berlin, my favorite are a series of statues of women and children in embrace.   The m...

Faceless inhabitants exchange silent greetings On the streets of the sterile city. The sun shines on me as I pass by But pleasantries are no...

The sky was overcast as our tour bus cautiously approached the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, just outside of Berlin. I wondered if there...

"Stumbling Stones" is an art project started by German artist, Guten Demneck. These stones are found all over Berlin in front of f...

In 1943, a 1,000 non-Jewish women protested in Eastern Berlin, to free their Jewish husbands who were detained and deported to Auschwitz. Th...

In preparation for my upcoming trip to Germany, I began reviewing our itinerary. We are scheduled to visit the Memorial of the Murdered Jews...

Felice Cohen recently contacted me via my blog to introduce herself and relate to my Ziedi’s story. Felice published What Papa Told Me about...

A few months ago, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) invited its members to hear Frank Meeink speak about his experiences in America ’s Ne...

I am very appreciative to 3GNY for including my blog in their monthly newsletter. 3GNY is a wonderful organization aimed at educating othe...

In celebration of Hanukkah, my friend and I visited The Jewish Museum today on the Upper East Side. Two exhibits worthy of seeing...

My Ziedi's story was videotaped by the Holocaust Research Center in Buffalo, NY on March 29, 1993. I've transcribed his interview b...

Let me introduce myself... We all grow up using special, and often affectionate, nicknames for our grandparents-- Nanna and Pop Pop, G...