Until last month I didn’t know you existed. I didn’t think there were Jews in Ukraine. Well, maybe a few. Old, visibly Orthodox, living a 21st century version of the lives my grandparents left over 100 years ago. That changed the day Russia invaded, when I...
As we sat outside the Oakley Community Center, the first decision was whether or not to use our real names. My two companions leaned toward ‘no’ but I was a firm ‘yes.’ It wasn’t a moral decision. I was pretty sure I’d see a...