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My Cousin Fritz Was Married to a Nazi
Finding out the woman who sat at our dinner table was a Nazi.

Finding out the woman who sat at our dinner table was a Nazi.
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How Genealogy Became the Great Jewish Pastime
“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.”

“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.”

Finding Love, and Jewish Community, in Nigeria

The writer's fiancé, Moshe Hezekiah Nwafor, is one of six Nigerians to have officially converted. Soon, the rest of his community in Kubwa will undergo a mass conversion.

My Year of Zoom Kaddish

by Rahel Musleah

As writer Rahel Musleah said Kaddish for her father this past year, the mourning was real, but the community was virtual.

Hadassah, Tipat Halav, My Mother and Me

by Leora Krygier

Hadassah. I’d known the place of my birth all my life but hadn’t given it much thought.

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What It Means to Welcome Strangers Into Your Home

by Annabelle Gurwitch

Why had I invited two homeless strangers and their bunny rabbit into my house?

Childhood Abuse, Adult Reckoning

by Rahel Musleah

For almost 40 years, three sisters sought to bring to justice the man who had molested them as children growing up in New York in the 1950s and

My Cousin Fritz Was Married to a Nazi

by Maxine Rose Schur

According to the numerous articles, Elfriede had served as a guard at Ravensbrück.

Mothers and Daughters: A Pandemic View

Mother-daughter and grandmother-granddaughter relationships have evolved—and sometimes grown closer—amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Zoom Shiva: The New Normal

by Amy Wallk Katz

by Amy Wallk Katz

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a disruptive force in all our lives, but it also has provided us with tremendous opportunities.