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"Maybe You Know the Name Chava Rosenfarb" Danielle Charak Remembers Her 3rd Grade Yiddish Teacher

Danielle Charak, Melbourne-based Yiddish activist, remembers some of her teachers from the Yiddish school she attended in Brussels, Belgium, in the years after the Holocaust. One of her teachers was the young Chava Rosenfarb, who became a celebrated ...

Bergen-Belsen Diary: 1945

"I Feel a Connection to You"

The Tree of Life by Chava Rosenfarb: A Synopsis

Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes her mother's 3-volume novel about life in the Lodz Ghetto, entitled The Tree of Life.

Getting to Know a New Side of My Mother, Chava Rosenfarb, Through Translating Her Works

Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes the experience and impact of translating her mother's works, including the fights that they would have about translation and the positive impact that it had on her image of her...

Chava Rosenfarb's Observant Grandparents' Reactions to Their Daughter Becoming An Atheist Bundist

Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes the reaction of her religious great-grandparents upon learning that their daughter, Chava Rosenfarb's mother, had become an atheist and a Bundist. She tells the story of Chava'...

Chava Rosenfarb's Social Presence and Dislike of Chitchat

Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes her mother's social presence, including her dislike of chitchat, her misunderstood quietness, and her ability to make people feel heard and appreciated.

Chava Rosenfarb's School Years in Lodz

Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, provides a glimpse into her mother's school years in Lodz, including a story about the teacher she had a crush on and the way that Chava and her future husband met.

Chava Rosenfarb's Writing Style

Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes her mother's almost surrealistic writing style.

Chava Rosenfarb Was a Loving, Warm-Hearted Mother

Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes her mother's attentive and loving parenting style.