My 84-year-old father is a German “Mischling” (a half-Jew) and product of what the Nazis called a “privileged mixed marriage.” By the time ...

This from the grandson of European immigrants (my parents) who came to America in search of a better life: [7:39:15 AM] Aleks: im reall...

Just a few months after coming to live with us in Fall 2005, Laura, our German exchange student – we like to call her our “third daughter” -...

I am sitting here all lumpy-throated.  Sometimes the phenomenal human mind and the indomitable human spirit absolutely choke me up.  (So...

A few years ago my brother Michael amassed photos of our parents’ young lives as well as of our shared childhood.  He created CDs for my par...

Just days before evil came to Mumbai, there was great happiness in that city... (It's another guest post! This time by Marco, another...