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Where’d My World Go?

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Abigail

The world in which I came of age, learned to be a young woman, and entered my chosen academic field of philosophy, did not include provisions for people who hated Jews and wanted them dead. Hitler lost the War – … Continue reading →

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Friendship’s End

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Abigail

What else is there to record in a life except its possibilities for friendship? With what else could the political art be concerned? How else to measure a society or its relations between the sexes? I am in the midst … Continue reading →

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Time and Me

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Abigail

Time and Me When I was a little girl, I didn’t worry about Time at all. I pretended I was a deer and roved the forests. I pretended I was a boy raised by wolves and roamed the jungle. Back … Continue reading →

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“Anne Frank”

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Abigail

“Anne Frank” What a triumph that girl brought off! Through her unassuming, young girl’s diary, the whole world came to share the sorrows and the innocence of the persecuted Jewish people. Identifying with her was not difficult. At the time of the … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, life and death struggle, literature, philosophy | Tagged Anne Frank, anti-semitism, coming of age, Holocaust, Jewish, memoir, Shoah | Leave a comment

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