Lila and her Grandson
The unbelievable moment Holocaust survivor Lila sees her grandson flying over her home in Israel. #YomHashoah #NeverForget
Savta Eva
Savta Eva is my living proof of the Holocaust. Celebrating life Every Single Day for the last 93 years. Savta thinks it’s funny that I come to her home every year on yom hashoa (Holocaust Memorial Day). You should come more often she says. Or just pretend that once a […]
Betty
Betty has lived with PTSD for 70 years since surviving the Holocaust. Although she has endured extreme tragedy, Betty still believes there are good people in the world. Today she is a proud great-grandmother and hopes others will understand that inside we are all human. This Sunday, Betty will be […]
IN THE CENTER OF IT ALL: Mazal
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Celebrating 100 years, Safta Mazal escaped Jewish persecution in Yemen and in 1949 settled in Kfar Saba, Israel where she has been living ever since. Safta Mazal is matriarch to hundreds and hundreds of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. When the Australia media asked my mother, “Why so […]
My Grandmother, Georgia
“Finally, this year, on Erev Rosh Hashanah, she acquiesced. She posed in her home in New Jersey for a few photos that are reminiscent of professional head shots she took when she was about my age, more than 60 years ago. I asked her what she hoped for in the […]