A refuge for refugees

A refuge for refugees

A concengtragtion camp that sheltered Jews from all over Europe. I asked an Italian journalist  from Calabria to write up this article for Yom Hashoa. Here is the story she sent in. Ferramonti Camp: a history of peaceful coexistence in Calabria, during the Second...
Assimilated Amy

Assimilated Amy

Now that I, along with the rest of the world am on lock down, it seems a perfect time for me and the other members of The New Yiddish Rep to get serious about blogging.  so here goes my first attempt. My husband David Mandelbaum, the force behind The New Yiddish Rep...
Memories of Marsha P. Johnson

Memories of Marsha P. Johnson

A friend of mine called me about a month ago and said she’d been scrolling through her news feed and had come across something she thought I might find interesting. ”Do you know who the Governor is naming a Brooklyn park after?” She asked. It took me barely a...