Some family and childhood background
Born two months after Pearl Harbor (my birth supposedly kept my father out of the draft until after Germany surrendered), I don’t know if I’ve ever been comfortable with calling…
What does my birth to parents who identified as Jewish mean to me? What, if anything, should it mean?
Normally, I rarely think about my cultural background, and have formed stock answers to how I relate to Judaism. But perhaps because I would soon be 78, starting in late December, 2019, I began examining the connection more, as did Barbara. This set of ongoing reflections will address that thread in the background of my life.
Born two months after Pearl Harbor (my birth supposedly kept my father out of the draft until after Germany surrendered), I don’t know if I’ve ever been comfortable with calling…