Holocaust
Passover, 70 Years After the Liberation
“It was the day before Passover, and our Division Chaplain, of the 42nd Rainbow Division sent out a notice that we were ...
Lighting to be Seen
“He was a tall man with broad shoulders, the type we used to call ‘a real goliath,’ powerful and with ...
Apologizing for Our Parents’ Sins
My mother was born in Germany in 1939. She grew up there, emigrating to the United States in 1968, after ...
Explaining the Unexplainable in Minsk
“Yes,” I told the baffled American immigration official, “I was in Belarus for a roots trip.” But this in no ...
Writing About The Holocaust
It was a day like any other. I was absorbed in the details of my life, answering an overflowing stack ...
A Survivor on the Flight
My husband and I recently journeyed from New Orleans to Israel—a first trip for him, an always-sacred return for me. ...
Holocaust Education: The Missing Piece
In my many years of schooling across three continents, I’ve attended many Holocaust classes. Yet, during each lesson and every ...
Understanding the Villains; or, Stranger than Fiction
Donna Tartt, the author of this year’s Pulitzer Prize winner The Goldfinch , was once told by Ken Kesey, the ...
To Minsk on a Prayer
“Eastern Europe’s outcast, Belarus lies at the edge of the region and seems determined to avoid integration with the rest ...
A Taste of Eternity: Letters from the Front
The fifth of the Ten Commandments states: Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in ...