Tony Hausner’s Genealogical Journey
By Andrea F. Siegel
It was at a cousin’s son’s wedding in 1993 where Tony Hausner of Silver Spring learned he was related to a...
Natalie K. Levant Brings the Laughs at 88
By Eric Schucht
She’s the silver vixen of the stand-up — the comedic grandmother audiences wished they had.
“They used to say mother,” Natalie K. Levant...
These Services Are Helping Older Jews Master Technology and Stay Connected in Isolation
By Renee Ghert-Zand | JTA
Until April, Gail Lipsitz had never heard of the popular videoconferencing platform Zoom. “All of a sudden, everyone was talking about...
How to Retire in Quarantine
By Saul Schwartz
On Feb. 29, I retired from the federal government. On March 11, the World Health Organization declared a worldwide pandemic.
After a lifelong...
From Being Scary to Being Scared: Strokes
What can and can’t one do after a stroke? Who helps them in our community? What even is a stroke?
Stroke, or “brain attack,” occurs...
As Emergencies Grow for Holocaust Survivors Amid Pandemic, Helpers Try to Keep Up
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Louis was barely 2 years old in September 1939 when Nazi troops stormed into his Polish village near Krakow, rounded up the men...
At a Dutch Nursing Home, Families Visit by Being Lifted up With a Crane
AMSTERDAM — Video calls weren’t really cutting it for Fiet Aussen, a 91-year-old widow who has spent the past six weeks in lockdown at...
Semyon Reznik’s Novel Battle Against Anti-Semitism
By Rachel F. Goldberg
On April 22, 1823, a 3-year-old boy named Fedor was found mutilated in a field outside the town of Velizh, in...
Inherited Trauma: When Tragedy Is Part of Your Family History
Growing up, Harry Burstyn of Baltimore heard his father, a Holocaust survivor, scream in his sleep at night.
Burstyn, 56, recalled how his grandmother would...
Mollee Kruger: Reflection of a 20th-Century Woman
Story and photo by Sonia Owchariw
Poet and essayist Mollee Kruger’s 91st birthday was March 28. Named after her Aunt Molly, Kruger is known at...
