November 9: Remembering Kristallnacht and the Kindertransport
Kindertransport For the anniversary of Kristallnacht this year I wanted to write about the Kindertransport, which, as Wikipedia explains, began…
Summer of Love, Jefferson Airplane and College Curfews for Women
The May 20-21, 2017, Wall Street Journal article “Suddenly, That Summer” by Bob Cooper describing the Summer of Love in…
U.S. Deploying Tanks to the Baltics
The announcement of the U.S. deploying tanks to the Baltics appearing as a one-paragraph announcement in the January 31, 2017,…
Compelling Experience at Illinois Holocaust Museum
I have just had the opportunity of visiting the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, Illinois. The museum is wonderfully curated…
Does It Have to Be the Holocaust?
In my family when I start talking about something to do with the Holocaust, I invariably get the response “Does…