FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

What’s in a Name? Tradition!
by Joyce Hyde

Traditions run deep…so deep in fact they can serve to sustain us through what may appear to be insurmountable odds. Even when it may make little sense to others, adhering to these very traditions can offer comfort to some, while at the same time cause pain to others. Allowing the two feelings to co-exist successfully, is a challenge that takes great acceptance, patience, and a willingness to empathize outside one’s comfort zone. My paternal grandfather David Perlmutter was born in 1909 in Kolki.......click to read more, page 4