List of PlatesPrefaceIntroduction: The Interview. Palo Alto 2002I. The Past1. Before The War / A Dream Remembered2. Flight And Survival3. Displaced Persons/A Life Reborn4. Immigrants: Streets Paved with Gold5. New LivesII. Becoming the Story Keeper6. Choices and Change7. The Bridge of Generations8. Israel / Family Mysteries9. Diary, August 1992. Family Reunion10. The Years Catch Up11. History Remembered. Palo Alto 2003III. The Beginning Of A New Mission12. Connecting Memories and HistoryIV. Connecting The Threads13. Starting to Find Answers14. Jerusalem15. Full Circle. June 201616. A Spark Has Been PassedPostscipt: “Don’t Go All Weepy on Me”CONTENTSList of PlatesPrefaceIntroduction: The Interview. Palo Alto 2002I. The Past1. Before The War / A Dream Remembered2. Flight And Survival3. Displaced Persons/A Life Reborn4. Immigrants: Streets Paved with Gold5. New LivesII. Becoming the Story Keeper6. Choices and Change7. The Bridge of Generations8. Israel / Family Mysteries9. Diary, August 1992. Family Reunion10. The Years Catch Up11. History Remembered. Palo Alto 2003III. The Beginning Of A New Mission12. Connecting Memories and HistoryIV. Connecting The Threads13. Starting to Find Answers14. Jerusalem15. Full Circle. June 201616. A Spark Has Been PassedPostscipt: “Don’t Go All Weepy on Me”AcknowledgmentsPlatesAmsterdam Publishers Further Readingt’s a memoir of families across generations of peace and of war, of homes that become lost and hopes that are kept, and a belief in a future that’s better than the present.A story ultimately without a time and ultimately without a place. It’s a memoir of families across generations of peace and of war, of homes that become lost and hopes that are kept, and a belief in a future that’s better than the present.The book is a compelling and exhilarating experience exploring the threads of times now long gone and the memories that arose from them to generate the stories that lived on. In each family, a fundamental life event spawns ripples that sweep across time and generations that would fade forever without exploration and would otherwise shed all meaning. The key event in many lives is making the decision to leave home forever and to strike out not knowing if it leads to disaster or to a future and a better place. So many today around the world face the same uncertain decision – to stay or to go.A story ultimately without a time and ultimately without a place. It’s a memoir of families across generations of peace and of war, of homes that become lost and hopes that are kept, and a belief in a future that’s better than the present.The book is a compelling and exhilarating experience exploring the threads of times now long gone and the memories that arose from them to generate the stories that lived on. In each family, a fundamental life event spawns ripples that sweep across time and generations that would fade forever without exploration and would otherwise shed all meaning. The key event in many lives is making the decision to leave home forever and to strike out not knowing if it leads to disaster or to a future and a better place. So many today around the world face the same uncertain decision – to stay or to go.