Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Lisa and Alan Stern — Preserving Links to a Rich Heritage
By Rachel Heller
When Nazi officials confiscated the faded white Torah covering, they stamped the Reichsadler — the emblematic German eagle and swastika — onto. . .
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Eva Klein David — Clandestine Crafts That Saved Lives
By Rachel Heller
Working in a factory at the Reichenbach labor camp, Eva Klein David manned a soldering iron, fusing wires together to make parts for radios. The. . .
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The Rev. John Neiman — Honoring Anne Frank’s Memory
By Rachel Heller
As a fifth-grade student, the Rev. John Neiman couldn’t fully grasp the significance of Anne Frank and her diary. It took a second reading and. . .
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Rachel Arazi — What They Wore
By Rachel Heller
Rachel Arazi gathers the blouse in her hands and brings it to her face. “I wonder if it’s still possible to smell my grandmother’s scent,”. . .
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Donald and Robert Novack Reviving a Composer’s Lost Legacy
By Rachel Heller
The Chosal Farm seemed like a safe place to Boris Zeltzman — it was located in Vichy, France, and owned by a Christian family. In 1941, he took two. . .
