In fall 2018, the author gave birth to a beautiful baby girl whom she and her husband named Havi. Fifteen months later, Havi was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs.
“America is a country of immigrants. Most people don’t even know where their grandparents are from. And there’s a lot of family mythology that is not necessarily true.”
Hadassah Magazine Discussion Group presents: How Genealogy Became the Great Jewish Pastime, with Executive Editor Lisa Hostein, featuring Dani Shapiro, Jennifer Mendelsohn and Libby Copeland.