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Archive for October 2016

What This Vision in Purple Will Make You Realize About Assumptions

By Annette Libeskind Berkovits | October 20, 2016 | 1
What This Vision in Purple Will Make You Realize About Assumptions, Annette Berkovits, Life Lessons, @ALBerkovits

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” ― Plato “Florida: Where Old People Go To Die” Long before I retired I heard one of my work colleagues say, “I’d never retire in Florida. It’s where old geezers go to die.” Whenever I overheard some version of this sentiment a vague feeling…

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How Weekly Cemetery Outings Created My Rich Family History

By Annette Libeskind Berkovits | October 5, 2016 | 2
How Weekly Cemetery Outings Created My Rich Family History, Annette Berkovis, @ALBerkovits

Weekly Outings to the Cemetery  While some of our classmates went to the park or to the movies, my brother and I spent many weekends at the Jewish cemetery in Lodz, Poland where we grew up. Why would we choose such a depressing place? At first, the choice wasn’t ours. My father, who had no…

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