Meyer Shwarzstein, at The Blogs

May 18, 2020, 6:19 AM

21 months of kaddish – thanks to the daily minyans

Illustrative. A man prays, holding a siddur, a Jewish prayer book. (Getty Images via JTA)

When my parents died, a faithful 10 helped yoke me into prayers where I could heal: I grabbed hold of the sturdy Aramaic phrases to pull myself out from my internal abyss

Mar 17, 2020, 10:32 PM

When we can’t say Kaddish…

Many shuls are closed as a precaution related to the Coronavirus pandemic. There was one I could go to on Friday – the last day it was open – and I didn’t go. I “heard” my mother yelling at...

Oct 4, 2019, 11:52 AM

Yom Kippur, 1942. Rohatyn. This year, I recall those killed that day

Dozens of survivors provided first-person testimony about this day in a Yizkor book which my mother translated and appended while compiling Remembering Rohatyn and its Environs. Donia Gold Shwarzstein, orphaned while a teenager, passed away in June just before...

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I was born in Chicago in 1956 and moved to Los Angeles in my early 20's. I've worked in the movie business most of my life. I married exceptionally well and have two amazing daughters.

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