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Feb 5, 2023, 11:23 PM

The Roots of Resilience: A Tribute to My Father on His Yahrzeit

Every year, as my father's Yahrzeit approaches, around the time of Shabbat Shirah, which commemorates the Jews crossing the Red Sea, I reflect on the powerful parallels between the Jewish slaves in Egypt and the Jews during the Holocaust....

Jan 16, 2022, 10:44 PM

A Rant and a Reflection

The world has changed so much in the four years since my father's passing. There are moments when I feel thankful that he was spared the isolation of the lockdown and the tumultuous times we have all experienced the...

May 28, 2021, 4:59 PM

Rising to the Occasion

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Each year, I attempt to honor the 17th of Sivan, which is the yahrzeit of the day my father’s family and town were massacred during the Holocaust. But I must admit, this year feels very different. We are seeing...

Jan 25, 2021, 10:56 PM

Seeing the Forest Through the Trees on Tu B’Shvat

Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish New Year for the trees, is a day for me that is forever linked with the yahrzeit of my father, Yisrael ben Yosef, Ira Lulinski. My father was a child during the Holocaust when he...

Nov 27, 2020, 5:12 PM

A Legacy of Two Rivkas

As I approach another yartzeit of my father’s sister, Rivka Bryna Lulinski, I struggle with how to meaningfully continue my father’s observance of her memory. Lighting a yahrzeit candle or even reciting Kaddish feels insufficient, especially compared to the...

Jun 21, 2016, 11:53 PM

The 17th of Sivan and the Keepers of the Flame

A significant date that will always be etched in my soul is 17th of Sivan. This day is the yartzheit of the destruction of my father’s town of Miory, Poland (now Belarus). All throughout my childhood, it was the...

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Caron Lulinski Strulowitz has been a Jewish Early Childhood educator for many years. She is devoted to expanding Holocaust education and Hasbara for Israel.