Message In A Mailbox

Message In A Mailbox

Jewish Remembrance week Görlitz, 2021 Görlitz to Phoenix via Birmingham Boxing Day 2021 Today I’m mending a little wooden train engine and carriage that arrived uncoupled from its secure place attached to a Christmas tree. Yesterday, Christmas Day, I discovered a...
A Hard Pressed Hope

A Hard Pressed Hope

“The Yellow Crucifixion” by Mark Chagall being viewed at The Contemporary Art Center of Landerneau (photo by Fred Tanneau) Marc Chagall 1887 – 1985 Marc Chagall’s fascination with Jesus and the Cross intrigues me. After all he was a shtetl Jew, born in Vitebsk,...
Last Goodbye

Last Goodbye

The 4711 sign today in Köln, Germany Köln, Germany 1939 We parted at Köln Hauptbahnhof. The date was Monday, July 24th 1939 in the evening. I didn’t realize it would be our last goodbye. I remember looking up at the giant 4711 sign high above us. After all these...
One Thing Leads to Another

One Thing Leads to Another

Amanda (left) and Hanna (right) together in Phoenix, comparing “A Garland for Ashes” with “Meine Krone in der Asche” A Blog Within A Blog A Zoom call with Verena in Austria leads to an introduction to Mark in Michigan, who invites me to share my story on a...