Category Archives: WWII

International Women’s Day Celebrating Female Spirit

Today on International Women’s Day, along with the bravery of the Ukrainian women, I would be remiss if I didn’t also honor my mother-in-law Eva Katz. When I look in the faces of the young Ukrainian women walking through the

International Women’s Day Celebrating Female Spirit

Today on International Women’s Day, along with the bravery of the Ukrainian women, I would be remiss if I didn’t also honor my mother-in-law Eva Katz. When I look in the faces of the young Ukrainian women walking through the

Russia’s Insatiable Appetite

On Monday, the world we knew shifted under our feet with 4 simple words- U.S. sides with Russia. Eighty years of foreign policy flip flopping gave me whiplash. I have spent several decades studying, collecting, and creating content about post-war

Russia’s Insatiable Appetite

On Monday, the world we knew shifted under our feet with 4 simple words- U.S. sides with Russia. Eighty years of foreign policy flip flopping gave me whiplash. I have spent several decades studying, collecting, and creating content about post-war

Controlling Art – Nazi Germany or Trump’s America?

You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. Next stop, the Twilight Zone Submitted for your approval, one Sally Edelstein age 69 artist writer seeker of truth and regrettably finder

Controlling Art – Nazi Germany or Trump’s America?

You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. Next stop, the Twilight Zone Submitted for your approval, one Sally Edelstein age 69 artist writer seeker of truth and regrettably finder

A Veterans Day Tradition Operation Army Jacket

What my WWII veteran father had done in the war and what the war had done to him was never clear to me. Like most men of Dad’s generation, silence was a heroic virtue. Just as the memories of the

A Veterans Day Tradition Operation Army Jacket

What my WWII veteran father had done in the war and what the war had done to him was never clear to me. Like most men of Dad’s generation, silence was a heroic virtue. Just as the memories of the

The Ghosts of Madison Square Garden Are Resurrected

In time for Halloween, the ghosts of the Goebbels’ goblins that once rallied in Madison Square Garden will be resurrected again. Madison Square Garden will once again be host to a Hitler-admiring fascist when Donald Trump brings his vitriol and

The Ghosts of Madison Square Garden Are Resurrected

In time for Halloween, the ghosts of the Goebbels’ goblins that once rallied in Madison Square Garden will be resurrected again. Madison Square Garden will once again be host to a Hitler-admiring fascist when Donald Trump brings his vitriol and

I Want My Flag Back

Pulling into the parking lot of Moe’s dog run this morning, my husband Hersh and I noticed an SUV parked next to us, flying a huge American flag with 1776 emblazoned on it. We both remarked out loud with similar

I Want My Flag Back

Pulling into the parking lot of Moe’s dog run this morning, my husband Hersh and I noticed an SUV parked next to us, flying a huge American flag with 1776 emblazoned on it. We both remarked out loud with similar

D Day A Country United 80 Years Ago

It was June 1944. It was wartime. While my father Marvin was spit-polishing his regulation army boots in the jungles of New Guinea, on the other side of the globe my teenage bobby soxer mother Betty polished up her saddles

D Day A Country United 80 Years Ago

It was June 1944. It was wartime. While my father Marvin was spit-polishing his regulation army boots in the jungles of New Guinea, on the other side of the globe my teenage bobby soxer mother Betty polished up her saddles

D Day A Country United 80 Years Ago

It was June 1944. It was wartime. While my father Marvin was spit-polishing his regulation army boots in the jungles of New Guinea, on the other side of the globe my teenage bobby soxer mother Betty polished up her saddles

D Day A Country United 80 Years Ago

It was June 1944. It was wartime. While my father Marvin was spit-polishing his regulation army boots in the jungles of New Guinea, on the other side of the globe my teenage bobby soxer mother Betty polished up her saddles

How the 1970 Shooting at Kent State Forever Changed Me

  The sight of armed officers on our college campuses chills. Republicans who are calling for the National Guard to be sent to colleges to intervene in pro-Palestinian protests have a dim memory of what can happen when troops are

How the 1970 Shooting at Kent State Forever Changed Me

  The sight of armed officers on our college campuses chills. Republicans who are calling for the National Guard to be sent to colleges to intervene in pro-Palestinian protests have a dim memory of what can happen when troops are

Trump to NATO Nyet

When Donald Trump encourages Russia to attack our NATO Allies there should be more than a red flag. When it comes to danger as well as derangement we are at Def Con 1. Is anyone surprised that Trump has no

Trump to NATO Nyet

When Donald Trump encourages Russia to attack our NATO Allies there should be more than a red flag. When it comes to danger as well as derangement we are at Def Con 1. Is anyone surprised that Trump has no