Phyllis Hofman Waldmann, at The Blogs

May 5, 2019, 1:32 PM

Commemorating the 80th anniversary of my uncle’s experience on the St. Louis

Eighty years ago on May 13, 1939, 937 passengers left Hamburg, Germany for Cuba with the belief that they were leaving behind Nazi Europe for a new life beginning. They had visas, tickets on a luxury liner, the MS St. Louis and all was going...

May 24, 2017, 11:28 AM

Coming to America

Earlier this year, the last of my parents’ generation passed away in Chicago. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the funeral but was in constant contact with my cousins as they mourned the loss of their beloved mother. As they sat shiva, there was conversation...

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Retired Jewsh educator who has worked for the Conservative Movement Ramah camps, JTS Prozdor and Solomon Schechter Schools. Resides in New York and Jerusalem with husband, Otto