Friday, February 8, 2013
A Candle of My Own - By Joannie (Henya) Tansky
“Shhh, my children. Make sure the blinds are closed tightly. Come to the table, light the candles.” That is how many Jewish children grew up in communist Russia in the 1960s and ’70s. No explanations about their heritage—not about Chanukah, Purim,Passover, or even Shabbat. If they knew nothing, they could not repeat anything that would put their families in peril…
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