He worked alongside illegal Mexican immigrants, who also spoke no English, but most of them understood what the foreman wanted from them, and they could talk to each other in Spanish.
Our people have not been lucky. Other nations set boundaries and they separate us as Soviet Jews, Polish Jews, Romanian Jews…. Worse, we assimilate their language, and now a Romanian Jew cannot communicate with a Polish Jew.
It was a unique spectacle and I loved watching the ever-changing flames and the incandescent coals that were like magical fireworks bursting into colorful sparks.
My mind could not understand how it could be that a Jew fought on the German side in the ranks of the Romanian army.
Our house was typical of the architecture of old Odessa, built from limestone in the late nineteenth century and then gradually eroding for more than half a century.
The purpose is so important that for it someone must sacrifice more than their life - they must sacrifice their honour and their good name, Are you ready for such a sacrifice?
I knew that my mother would be happy if I was able to buy sausages, so I followed them. We had to wait for our turn in a long line that was made up of more than a hundred workers from the plant.
Never hide from fate. Did you see what happened to me? Fate caught up with me and put my face deep in the mud.
“Do not make me laugh, stupid Jew.” Pontius Pilate had said upon hearing Anna’s explanation. “Your tribal God, Yahweh. Is a very weak God if he has allowed your people to become vassals of mighty Rome.”
My goal is to correct evil. I have to instruct these people on the right path.