By Renee Symonds BA Dip. Ed., MA Psych. An unconventional father, I had, A confirmed Communist too And here in Australia A Socialist would do A lover of languages He used them all, To shape his ideas, Compromising, not at all, As if a Pied Piper, he followed his tune As he stuck to his tune,…
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By Betyna Bock My Mother Tongue My mother tongue lies dormant,shipwrecked in dark childhood memorieslike a water damaged diaryof a past traveller. Once I spoke this language well,a fluent pre-schooler,tossing nouns and adjectives in the airlike a juggler. Now with each wordstuck in my gut,and painful childhood memorabilia.Dolls without arms,ripped up nursery rhyme books,and tea sets splattered…
By Betyna Bock Nora at the Fruit Shop In Theresienstadt you worked in the vegetable garden and stole fruit and vegetables. You defied death by disregarding the rules and hiding them in your lumber jacket while the Czech police weren’t looking. Now sixty years later in your smart red blazer and pleated floral skirt you breeze…
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Beshert – It was Meant to Be
A book review by Dr. George Halasz There is a famous Chasidic saying, “In the end is the beginning,” which I had in mind as I read Suzanna Eibuszyc’s refined translation of her late mother’s moving memoir, “Beshert – It was Meant to Be.” The end of each handwritten word, penned in Polish by her mother in…
A Book Review by Susan H. Sachs MELABEV – מלב”ב מרכז לטיפול בקשיש בקהילה Jerusalem, Israel Melabev was the very first organization in Jerusalem to provide safe, pleasant, caring day centers for older adults with declining memory or cognitive skills. The staff of the Melabev day care centers also offers support and guidance to the…