Filming a documentary… What did I miss, what remained unseen during those intense days filming in Germany, October 2 -15, 2022. Why were we drawn to particular places, why did we try to make connections between past and present? What made new Instagram friends...
“Yad”, pointer for reading the Torah in the synagogue | A gift from Detlef Wurst | Origin: Poland October 2 – 16, 2022 a team is filming the German part of my story, each day we are surprised by unexpected encounters with people and places. Sorting through my...
The white rose Sabine brought when we met at the Guldenthal Synagogue A Mourner’s Kaddish in Three Sacred Places Rzuchowski Forest, Poland It is raining on Monday May 3rd 2010 and together with nine others, a minyan for prayer according to Jewish custom, we say...
Photo by Wandaline Joassin After the flood, Gemünd, Eifel. Dieter looks down from the upstairs window, he sees us in the street below, standing around the Stolperstein in front of the house next door. We are filming. He comes down and hands George and I an envelope...
Redemption Church Alhambra, Phoenix | Photo by Thomas Cogdell Thomas Cogdell came to Phoenix, last week. Friday evening he introduced his newly published book, Unity Through Repentance to an enthusiastic audience at Redemption Church Alhambra. Saturday morning he...
Sourced from Google Years ago when I was a new immigrant, learning to live in America, we watched Antique Roadshow, a live TV series where experts offered to appraise family heirlooms or dusty, forgotten oddities discovered in attics and cellars. As the camera slowly...
Around the Coffee Table | Photo by Ryan Thurman As usual, last Saturday morning, our small team met in the kitchen, catching up, eating snacks, drinking coffee, seated around the low table. As best we can we are preparing for a major event, something way beyond our...
When you reach a certain age, the conversation with contemporaries often veers to bones and organs. In his latest email, a dear and famous friend of 50 years, also called George, describes his wonder in seeing again after cataract surgery… like new eyes And then he...
Shadows, A new memorial of deportation in Amsterdam | Artist Ram Katzir. Photograph from The New York Times. Shadows My eyes are pulled into a series of photos embedded in an article by Nina Siegel in The New York Times, titled, Photos That Helped to Document the...
My parents trod on these stones, on their way to Köln/Deutz railway station Walter and Ernst, Companions on my Journey The city is Köln, Germany, where my parents and I spent the last few months of our lives as a family of three. Walter Volmer is the retired Criminal...
