Banned Books Week 2022

Yep, it’s that time of year again. It’s Banned Book Week! This year the banned book I want to promote is “Maus.” And really, it’s not just one book, it’s a trilogy! Earlier this year, the day before Holocaust Remembrance Day, a Tennessee school board removed “Maus” from the 8th grade curriculum. This decision received …

Walter Sommers

Walter Sommers in 2013, during one of his lectures. I got home from work and learned that CANDLES Museum docent, Walter Sommers, passed away. A Holocaust survivor and WWII veteran, he just celebrated his 101st birthday on December 29th, 2021. A remarkable man, he had a great intellect and he was a walking encyclopedia. You …

Remembering Mickey Kor

Last week, Mickey Kor passed away. He was the husband of the late Eva Mozes Kor and docent at the CANDLES Museum. Over the years, I would see Mickey around town and at CANDLES. One time we happened to be eating at the same restaurant and it was all I could do not to go …

Tikkun Olam

  A couple of weeks ago, I visited the C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Museum. This was the third time I had been there since Eva Mozes Kor, the museum’s founder, passed away. I was able to have a nice tour and take pictures (the previous two times I went, I couldn’t). Much has changed since I was last …

Eva Mozes Kor

  I had been visiting the family graveyards and running errands with my family and then returned home when I learned of Eva Mozes Kor's passing. My mother, sister, and I hugged, because this little lady touched our lives. The summer after I received Anne Frank's diary for my 12th birthday, to encourage my interest in …

Eva: A-7063 – A Review

Last week, I was finally able to watch the documentary, “Eva: A-7063,” which follows the story of Eva Mozes Kor. I’ve followed the progress of this project almost since it was announced and have waited to see it for maybe two years now. It debuted this year on PBS and has been shown several times. …