Thanks for telling this story, Howard. I'm probably 10, 15 years older than you. Grew up a Jewish kid in Seattle. Our integration stories are very different, as is the level of antisemitism we faced.
Howard, Coming from the Netherlands, the child of a Dutch Holocaust survivor, I was comparing notes while reading your memoir excerpt. My father, unable to continue living in Amsterdam, which before WWII was The place to be for Jews (therefore the nickname Mokum), moved our family up north, to the countryside. There are definite similarities in our experiences. I look forward to reading more!
I grew up as a refugee in England, also in non-Jewish communities. Anti-Semitism and xenophobia were as present there as racism in Georgia, except far more subtly, hard to read to read or put your finger on, generally under a veneer of politeness and good manners. Hard for a kid to interpret correctly. I fully understand how difficult it was for you.
Thanks for telling this story, Howard. I'm probably 10, 15 years older than you. Grew up a Jewish kid in Seattle. Our integration stories are very different, as is the level of antisemitism we faced.
Howard, Coming from the Netherlands, the child of a Dutch Holocaust survivor, I was comparing notes while reading your memoir excerpt. My father, unable to continue living in Amsterdam, which before WWII was The place to be for Jews (therefore the nickname Mokum), moved our family up north, to the countryside. There are definite similarities in our experiences. I look forward to reading more!
I grew up as a refugee in England, also in non-Jewish communities. Anti-Semitism and xenophobia were as present there as racism in Georgia, except far more subtly, hard to read to read or put your finger on, generally under a veneer of politeness and good manners. Hard for a kid to interpret correctly. I fully understand how difficult it was for you.
Thank you, everybody, for your thoughtful comments on my book excerpt. https://howardlovy.substack.com/p/jewish-kid-in-georgia