Tuesday, September 22, 2020

"Why Get Your Hopes Up?"

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  Six Polish civilians moments before death by firing squad. Photograph of six Polish civilians moments before death by firing squad. Dated ...
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"Those Shoes Kick My People to Death"

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  Source When I was in high school, my mom was more into my dad being Jewish than he was. We would celebrate the holidays – like my mom woul...
Monday, September 21, 2020

"Germans. I don't Like Hearing the Language"

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  Living in a town in Indiana with many German-Americans was very hard for me. Especially the Germanic part. And that's another prejudic...
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Sunday, September 20, 2020

Shiksa

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  Source Thanks for the yiddish lesson, Keith, My grandmother used "Shiksa" to refer to any non-jewish woman. Though it was always...
Thursday, September 17, 2020

"I Have Always Been Afraid to Get Close to Any 'Real' Jews"

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  Source I think that I have always been afraid to get too close to any “real” Jews because I didn’t have the sufficient knowledge base. I s...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

"I No Longer Practice Anything Except Reciting Yizkor and Lighting Yahrzeit Candles for My Parents"

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  Source My parents spoke Yiddish, and the one thing I resent about my upbringing is that they did not teach me Yiddish. In fact, they spoke...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

My Grandfather Let Anastasia Escape

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  My maternal grandparents were from Ukraine. Probably Odessa, but I’ve also been told Kiev. They left that part of the world during the Rev...