Part 2 (continued from last week) In Sephardic communities there is a tradition of welcoming girls with a celebration called “Zeved Habat” or gift of

Part 2 (continued from last week) In Sephardic communities there is a tradition of welcoming girls with a celebration called “Zeved Habat” or gift of

Part 2 (continued from last week) A guard came out and I assumed he was going to give me directions to the garage or take

Part 2 (continued from last week) A guard came out and I assumed he was going to give me directions to the garage or take

After around 80 years, I do not remember much about my teachers, but I do recollect some faces. I remember hearing about a Studienrat (not

After around 80 years, I do not remember much about my teachers, but I do recollect some faces. I remember hearing about a Studienrat (not

Part 3 (Continued from last week) After three days in Holland we had a “kosher driver” from Antwerp pick us up in Amsterdam and drive

Part 1 No, this is not going to be another travelogue. I am going to tell you only about two specific happenings there. We got

Part 1 Some time ago I wrote about a subject, “The Wimple,” that onlythose readers of German origin might have been familiar with. If brought

Part II (Continued from last week) The origin of the word wimpel is the old German “bewimfen” meaning “to cover up.” Modern German translates Wimpel

Part 54 (Continued from previous week) With this issue today, I have come to the end of sharing from the printed version of “My Stories.”

Part 6 (Continued from last week) Not having heard anything further by mid-December, I asked for an update, only to be informed that Iwona was