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Saints Rest: One of the Last Great American Cafes?
When I read Ray Oldenburg's ethnography; The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of the Community, he seemed to be writing about a place already extinct. I have...
Eating Breakfast With Holocaust Witness: Harold Kasimow
As part of my never eat alone series, this blog describes what happened Monday morning when emeritus religious studies professor, inter-faith dialogue specialist and Holocaust witness, Harold Kasimow came over to me in the café. We shared a morning coffee and some...
Starting the Amtrak Residency, Writing About French Railways & The Holocaust
Today, I leave for my three week journey sponsored by Amtrak. Thanks to the Amtrak Residency, I'll live aboard Amtrak while editing my forthcoming book about the role of the French National Railways (SNCF) in the Holocaust and the conflict that continues in the...
Grief Work with Young People
Commemorative rocks placed for deceased parents I spend a good deal of my academic time considering how childhood trauma impacts the elderly. Child survivors of the Holocaust share with me their wartime stories as well as the decade upon decade of the aftermath....
One Family’s Mulit-Generation Commitment to One of America’s Happiest Summer Spots
A 80+ Year old Girl's Camp Cared for by Astonishing men I wish everyone had a summer happy place. Or, any place in the world they could go and know they would be filled with such joy and good cheer they would mourn leaving and begin counting the days until their...
How To Hold On To Memories and to People that have Died
The password for today is.... Each August, I volunteer at a bereavement camp called Circle of Fleur de Lis a free camp for girls 9-15 who have recently lost a parent. After the bugle blows, we slowly roll out of our platform tents and cabins, brush our teeth and...
A Quirky World Trade Center Memory
Today a fellowship application asked me to write about a quirky memory that would teach them something about me. The prompt reminded me of this funny story about the World Trade Center. It seemed worthy of a share... In 1995, I lived and worked at Green Chimneys...
Professor Sarah Federman accepted to competitive Fulbright Specialist Program
Sarah Federman, assistant professor in The University of Baltimore's School of Public and International Affairs, has been accepted to the Fulbright Specialist Program Roster for a tenure of four years. The highly selective Fulbright Specialist Program is an...
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