“Jewish Christmas' - that's what my gentile friends called Chanukah when I was growing up in Michigan in the thirties and forties. Anachronistic, yes, but they had a point. Observing the dietary laws of separating milk and meat dishes was far easier for the handful of Jewish families in our little town than getting through December without mixing the two holidays.” LittlesTwoLawGrowing UpGrowingEasierTownsChristmasMeatHolidayFortyMilkDishesObservingHandfulDecemberMixingMichiganSeparatingGentilesLittle TownsJewish Family Book:And the Bridge Is Love Source: And the Bridge Is Love
“I still grieve for the words unsaid. Something terrible happens when we stop the mouths of the dying before they are dead. A silence grows up between us then, profounder than the grave. If we force the dying to go speechless, the stone dropped into the well will fall forever before the answering splash is heard.” IfsWellsStillsHappensFallForceGrowsSilenceForeverGrowing UpHeardDyingTerribleMouthsStonesGravesGrievingUnsaidSpeechless Book:A Leak in the Heart: Tales from a Woman's Life Source: A Leak in the Heart: Tales from a Woman's Life