“As the great passenger liner, the MS Oslofjord majestically sailed past the Statue of Liberty and into the New York Harbor on August 1, 1950, I, as a seventeen-year-old lad, stood on the deck with my parents and younger sister gaping at the awesome sight of the famous statue and the great skyline. It was like a dream true, because this was something I had […]
Choosing America
Leo(Levi) Kersch and Tzvia Diamond were both born in Kiev, Russia. Together they emigrated to Canada in 1892 and then on to the United States of America, specifically Minnesota in 1895. There is no documentation of where the Kersch family traveled from in England, or what port they may have entered in Canada, but their first born son, Harry, was born in Mordin, Mannatoba in 1893 and […]
Lifting your Lamp during times of Crisis
Watching others suffer is difficult. Whether it is fellow Americans in Houston, Louisiana and now Florida facing water and devastation from hurricanes or hearing about others suffering in India from mudslides or Mexico from earthquakes, our hearts are touched and we yearn to give solace. What can we do in times of crisis to lift our lamp and provide refuge? Money and supplies are the first thought […]
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