Something very special happened this week. Tutti and Popje were reunited! Popje had been living at the Museum of Jewish Civilization (MJC) at the University of Hartford for about five years. The MJC had a wonderful exhibit “Hartford Remembers the Holocaust” in which several local Holocaust survivor stories were told through pictures, documents, artifacts, andContinue reading “Reunion”
Category Archives: Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies
Vote of Confidence
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”
First Publicity
Here’s the first newspaper article about Tutti’s Promise and my upcoming launch in West Hartford, CT. It appears in the Connecticut Jewish Ledger March 29, 2017. Tutti’s Promise tells the story of the Holocaust through a child’s eyes By Stacey Dresner WEST HARTFORD – When K. Heidi Fishman was growing up in West Hartford herContinue reading “First Publicity”
Lucky Star
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 remembersContinue reading “Lucky Star”