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      • Chapter 12: Watching a Raid
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      • Chapter 26: Westerbork Birthday & Metal Industry
      • Chapter 28: Tutti’s Secret
      • Chapter 29: The Train
      • Chapter 30: The Juggler
      • Chapter 31: Theresienstadt Barracks
      • Chapter 31: Hot Air
      • Chapter 32: Messengers
      • Chapter 33: Saying Good-Bye
      • Chapter 34: The Passport
      • Chapter 35: Washing Up
      • Chapter 37: Dinnertime
      • Chapter 38: Smuggling Food
      • Chapter 39: Throwing Bread
      • Chapter 40: Liberation
      • Chapter 40: Robbie and the Russians
      • Chapter 42: Life in Pilsen
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      • Chapter 46: Double Crossed
      • Chapter 47: Jewish Identity
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Category: Acceptance

Vote of Confidence

May 20, 20182 Comments

I have been traveling to Connecticut a lot. I don't mind. All the hubbub around Tutti's Promise gives me an excuse to visit my parents. When people ask me about driving down to Southern New England I say my parents like it when I visit - but the truth is I like the visits too. … Continue reading Vote of Confidence

Noting what’s Notable

February 19, 20186 Comments

Last Tuesday afternoon the phone rang. It was my publisher, Margie Blumberg. Our conversation went something like this: Margie: Hi. What are you doing? (I noticed an unusual lilt to her voice). Me: Not much. Margie: Is Dave there? Me: Yes. Should I put the phone on speaker? Margie: Yes. I want him to hear … Continue reading Noting what’s Notable

Actions Speak Louder

May 21, 2017May 21, 2017Leave a comment

I went to two Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) events in April and I noticed that different communities handle this important day in different ways. Each has a different tone and audience but essentially accomplishes the same thing. I watched University of New Haven students do a short performance of Pavel Friedmann’s poem Butterfly. I … Continue reading Actions Speak Louder

Lucky Star

July 2, 2016October 7, 201610 Comments

My mother kept the yellow star she had to wear during the war. She never showed it to me. It must have been in the back of a drawer in a dusty envelope. At some point in the mid 70's she donated it to the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford (JHSGH). What she remembers … Continue reading Lucky Star

It’s Time for a Miracle

December 8, 2015October 9, 20162 Comments

This morning when I woke up and heard the news I was disgusted. NPR reports that Donald Trump wants to ban all Muslims from entering the United States (even US born citizens). Really? We actually have a presidential candidate who says ban people of a certain religion from our country. Wasn't this country founded by … Continue reading It’s Time for a Miracle

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