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The Place Where I Belong

My 10-year-old son, Micah, came home from school earlier this week humming a familiar tune. “The Place Where I Belong” by ...

A Painting of Pain & The Responsibility of Remembrance

As we prepare to commemorate Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, I’ve been thinking about my father- in- law, Leon Schipper, ...

Keep Far from a Lie

“Keep yourself far from a lie; and do not kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the ...

The Challenge of Yom HaShoah

Tonight is Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Memorial Day. Last night I was discussing remembrance with my ninth graders at our ...

The Burden of Silence

I was born in Baltimore in 1954, nine years after the Shoah, one of signature events of the 20th—or any—century. That ...