Memoir
The Dress
My dad and I stood outside Bergdorf Goodman’s gazing at the sparking Christmas displays in the windows. It was mid afternoon and the streets were crowded with shoppers. Bergdorf’s was THE place to shop. “Let’s go in and… Continue reading
The Lyon Heart
The day it happened, my grandfather drove himself to the office. Most of the time his chauffeur Albert did the driving but grandpa lived with us and sometimes he loaned Albert to us to help with the housework. That’s why… Continue reading
NCJW Study Group: Edith
For fifty years or more, Edith Hellerstein challenged our collective social conscience with ceaseless questions that probed our inner souls. She made us think how we could better the world. Last week, she passed away.
The Friday Study Group began… Continue reading
The English Teacher
As I filled out applications for college during my senior year, my father told me to skip Stanford. “You’re grades aren’t good enough,” he said, but I knew the real reason. My boyfriend Clayton went there and my dad… Continue reading
Mollie
Yesterday my friend Mollie turned 94.
She greeted her many friends, seated in the living room of her fashionable retirement home and surrounded by her loving family. Mollie looked beautiful; eyes sparkling, bright smile, makeup perfect and as always, fashionably… Continue reading
