Ihaven't listened yet, but am about to. I love Isabella. I have heard her in a bunch of other podcasts, and I've read some of her articles. And though I am American, I relate so much, as before they left Poland for Israel, my mom and her family went to Russia for a few months, so my grandfather could say goodbye to his brother and his family.. And there were photophraphs with people's faces cut out, as those people had left for Israel. Also, they spent the whole time speaking in Yiddish so the neighbors wouldn't understand, and my mom's uncle wouldn't get arrested for Zionist activities, and my grandfather too. And so, once they got to Israel, my grandfather did not have contact with his brother again. Also, the only reason why my mom's family could leave Poland was that my grandfahter got an invitation to go to a conference in Australia, and the Joint helped them make Aliyah from Austria. The Polish government did not want anyone leaving, but really did not want Jews going to Israel, and this was before the expulsions of 1968.
And now there's that resurgence of "Jews, go back to Poland," like it's 1924 again.
I have recently read "Fear no evil" by Natan Sharansky, so I found the episode particularly interesting, thank you! It seems so absurd that this was still going on right before the fall of the Berlin wall! But then, after what we saw happening in Amsterdam, nothing seems absurd anymore! :(
Ihaven't listened yet, but am about to. I love Isabella. I have heard her in a bunch of other podcasts, and I've read some of her articles. And though I am American, I relate so much, as before they left Poland for Israel, my mom and her family went to Russia for a few months, so my grandfather could say goodbye to his brother and his family.. And there were photophraphs with people's faces cut out, as those people had left for Israel. Also, they spent the whole time speaking in Yiddish so the neighbors wouldn't understand, and my mom's uncle wouldn't get arrested for Zionist activities, and my grandfather too. And so, once they got to Israel, my grandfather did not have contact with his brother again. Also, the only reason why my mom's family could leave Poland was that my grandfahter got an invitation to go to a conference in Australia, and the Joint helped them make Aliyah from Austria. The Polish government did not want anyone leaving, but really did not want Jews going to Israel, and this was before the expulsions of 1968.
And now there's that resurgence of "Jews, go back to Poland," like it's 1924 again.
I have recently read "Fear no evil" by Natan Sharansky, so I found the episode particularly interesting, thank you! It seems so absurd that this was still going on right before the fall of the Berlin wall! But then, after what we saw happening in Amsterdam, nothing seems absurd anymore! :(
The pictures of Iceland and you are absolutely beautiful!!