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““The sea is the favorite symbol for the unconscious, the mother of all that lives.”

~ Carl Jung

mideb0

Dec 24, 2021
11 min

READING PEOPLE TO SURVIVE

Suzette Dutch grew up hearing her Hungarian parents' stories of how they survived the Holocaust. What she understood from their survival...

mideb0

Dec 5, 2021
7 min

INDOMITABLE SPIRIT

Roland Rich describes his survivor mother as someone who was "never in denial about her Holocaust experiences," but as someone who...

mideb0

Nov 23, 2021
6 min

SCARY FLASHBACKS

Can frightening memories remain bottled up forever? Carol Letofsky, the daughter of two German-born, Jewish parents, discovered the...

mideb0

Nov 9, 2021
10 min

REVIVING A MOTHER'S STORY

“With shattered dreams, interrupted educations, no homes or family to which they might someday return, and a horrifying day-to-day...

mideb0

Nov 1, 2021
7 min

NO CHILDHOOD

“They had no childhood. They had to be adults as children and this takes a toll.” With these words, Maureen Wertheim summarizes the...

mideb0

Oct 24, 2021
5 min

NO HYSTERIA

"They never dismissed questions or glossed over the truth." For Holocaust survivors, finding the perfect balance between sharing too much...

mideb0

Oct 11, 2021
5 min

DP CAMP TO NOVELIST

After working as an actress and screenwriter, Rose Ross (pictured below) turned to novel-writing. She is the author of the novel Lila,...

mideb0

Oct 2, 2021
5 min

GENERATION TO GENERATION

Helen Locke, a resident of Arizona, is co-chair of the Jewish National Fund USA Women's Event of the Desert States. In addition, she is a...

mideb0

Sep 3, 2021
2 min

INTERVIEW SERIES

I am excited to announce that I am beginning a new project, an interview series. Starting in a few weeks, I plan to feature a monthly...

mideb0

Jul 30, 2021
6 min

BELIEVE-IT-OR-NOT

Several months ago, an incredible story was reported in the news. A lobster fisherman off the coast of Massachusetts was suddenly...

Ruth Rotkowitz

Jun 16, 2021
5 min

HYPERPHANTASIA

I have learned a new word: hyperphantasia. A recent article in the New York Times ("All in the Mind's Eye": June 8, 2021) discusses...

mideb0

Jun 2, 2021
3 min

PLAY BALL!

Tennis star Naomi Osaka made headlines this week by withdrawing from the French Open after being fined for refusing to meet with the...

Ruth Rotkowitz

May 16, 2021
2 min

PREQUEL

The prequel has been released! The Whale Surfaces is now available, on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, in paperback and ebook formats. It was...

Ruth Rotkowitz

Apr 23, 2021
4 min

Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself

I have met so many people this past year in the course of giving talks about Escaping the Whale. Discussing inherited trauma led people...

Ruth Rotkowitz

Mar 1, 2021
2 min

PREQUEL ARRIVING SOON!

With every talk I have given about Escaping the Whale, someone always asks about Marcia's childhood and background. Finally, people...