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My Cousin Ruth and Her Family
"I don’t have many cousins."
Jews: Present and Absent
"In August 1997, my son David and I traveled to Eastern Romania and Kishinev in Moldova."
Morris and Me
"Over the years, I have met a lot of people in connection with my work."
Family - A first draft
"I was born in the Bronx in December 1927 to a mother who had come from Vaslui, Romania and a father who had come from Kishinev, Bessarabia which was part of Russia."
Mishpukhe
Alternate (earlier?) version of Mishpukhe
Mishpukhe
"As an only child of a widowed mother who had a sister in Paris and a brother in Vaslui Romania, I didn’t grow up with a lot of family around."
Yiddish and Me
"Vos ken ich zugn fun Yidish? What can I say about Yiddish? "
#35 My Mother's Story
"Ever since my mother died, I have been thinking about, and telling people, what a remarkable woman my mother was."
A Child's View of the World in the '30s
"Perhaps I am being too hard on myself, but in retrospect, I find it hard to believe that my life through the late 30s seemed largely unaffected (and unaware) by what was going on in the world."
Family Stories
"When I was a little boy, my mother told me about her life growing up in Vaslui, and her family. I wasn’t very interested."