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This is not a ghost story. But there is a ghost in it.
My family's ghosts are telling me what to write in this memoir. The question is: will I listen?
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Leah's Book Picks: "In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist," by Ruchama Feuerman
A 5 minute review if you want to know *what* to read next.
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"We are all human"
I got stuck in a forest beside an unmarked graveyard in Hungary when an act of kindness reminded me that the world is not all that terrible. It also…
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My son is on a list
And then they came for me. What does it say about us when we tell our own to repent or suffer the consequences?
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Searching for breadcrumbs
Once again, I am channelling Hansel and Gretel, trying to find my way to a forgotten story. I hope my predecessors left clues.
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The Synagogue at the End of the World

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This is not a ghost story. But there is a ghost in it.
My family's ghosts are telling me what to write in this memoir. The question is: will I listen?
 • 
Leah Eichler
0:24
"We are all human"
I got stuck in a forest beside an unmarked graveyard in Hungary when an act of kindness reminded me that the world is not all that terrible. It also…
 • 
Leah Eichler
15
My son is on a list
And then they came for me. What does it say about us when we tell our own to repent or suffer the consequences?
 • 
Leah Eichler
34

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Leah Eichler
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A meditation on Holocaust memory, forgetfulness and what it means to be responsible for other people's stories. Also, books and writing.
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