From Generation to Generaton
“My father was the second oldest of four children,” wrote my paternal grandmother in a letter meant to be passed down from one generation to the next. “The oldest, Shmeelic, was a contemporary of Theodore Hertzl and a committed Zionist who emigrated to Jaffa, Palestine. He contracted malaria and had to return to Russia. All contact with this part of the family ended after WWII and we have no knowledge whether any of them survived.” My mother had stuffed this letter in a file marked “Family... Sign in to see full entry.