Barbara's Blog
A New Year – Looking Back, Looking Forward
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and wishing you sweet holiday time with family and friends! It’s a magical time of the year. We conjure up nostalgic memories, all while preparing to make new ones in the year to come. My family is spread across four states, so we have...
Credit to Our Heroes & Notable September Dates
Great news everyone! Witness For My Father won first place in the Readers’ Favorite International Book Award contest in the biography genre! The notice came in on September 1st and I’m humbled and couldn’t be prouder. Click Here to read the review, or click on the...
Happy ‘Other’ Birthday, Dad – Part 2
Yesterday at the Florida Holocaust Museum, I had the honor of reading the names of some of the Jewish people that died in the Holocaust. Almost seventy percent of the list of fifty names were murdered in Auschwitz, Poland. I began my reading with my father, Martin...
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! It’s been two years since “Witness for My Father” was published on International Holocaust Remembrance Day! First and foremost, your support and sharing of this story continues to make a tremendous impact and means the world to me! January 27th...
Resilience
My father’s friend and neighbor Renia (Regina Laks Gelb), called me soon after Witness For My Father was published last year. “You must get this book into schools, they can read this,” she implored. Renia, also a survivor, founded a lending library with my dad after their families were forced to move to their hometown Starachowice ghetto.
What is Democracy?
I believe in freedom and equality. I believe in a democratic society represented by strong, smart, and morally devoted elected officials, who honor the constitution and serve the people.
I’m Thrilled and Humbled…
I’m thrilled and humbled to share this good news! I recently received a much sought-after Royal Palm Literary Award, first place Gold for published biography, Witness For My Father. The award was announced at the 2020 Florida Writers Association’s (FWA) recent remote...
2 Baskets, 60 Years, and 1 Village
Over 60 years ago, two wicker crates were filled to the brim with everything my parents and I owned. If we wanted to come to the United States, we would have to downsize to whatever would fit in these two basket crates. And that’s what my parents did, they gave up...
Greatest city in the free world…
I will never forget the day the General W.C. Langfitt sailed into New York City harbor. The skyline came into view, appearing almost unreal, like a table model; the skyscrapers towered over the apartment buildings and stores. Mietek stared. Was he dreaming? Dressed in...
HumanKIND Conquers All!
We are seeing history in the making, big history. I see parallels to chapters of Witness for my Father over and over…Lockdown life changes, racial oppression, civil unrest, people demonstrating resilience, children and young adults growing through new life...