Priceless

Around the turn of the 20th century, my great uncle bought an exquisite necklace with a small watch on it in Paris.  The chain was embedded with amethyst and the watch was delicate.  He gave it to his beloved wife, my mother’s aunt.  Somehow my mother came to own it and much later it came…

A Little Immigrant

This is the story of a Russian immigrant family- the oldest of their three daughters was only 8 years old when they arrived in the U.S.  They had been granted asylum in Israel when they first fled Russia.  Through the help of Amnesty International, an American church was contacted with the request for a sponsor…