Print Issue: He Can’t Forget | Jul 29, 2022
He Can’t Forget
Housed in the elegant 1908 Warburg mansion, the museum is known for innovative exhibitions of Jewish artists, attracting visitors of all ages. It is, in fact, the first Jewish museum in the United States.
Attention must be given to the fatally flawed portrayal of Jews in grade six textbooks.
For nearly two decades, Faryar was one of the most frequently quoted sources in my stories about the Iranian Jewish community because of his unique and extensive knowledge about the regime’s antisemitism.
In the strange world of synchronicity, I had multiple experiences the week of July 17th, 2020. The Hebrew date was the 24th of Tammuz, which this year falls on July 24.
All Spring and Summer, there are riots of color, with bougainvillea spilling over balconies, jacaranda trees blossoming just as beautifully as the ones in L.A. and crape myrtles as spectacular as those in Dallas.
But before I tell you why I love Mondays, just know that I wasn’t always like this.
“If I Forget” is the story of the Fischer family in Washington, D.C. at the turn of the 21st century. The Fischer Family copes with differing ways of embracing Judaism, Israel, the Holocaust and each other.