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Grandson
Steve Becomes a Bar Mitzvah
August1965
Flora and Harry moved in with my family the year
before I became a bar mitzvah. The neighborhood in
East New York was unsafe to live in.
My
grandmother Flora passed away from cancer not long
after she moved in with my family less than a
year later. Even though my Grandpa Harry was suffering
from declining health too from cancer, I was so fortunate and
blessed to have him attend my bar mitzvah. I'm glad
he was able to attend my bar mitzvah and the
subsequent celebration.
I shall
never forget my loving grandparents, and I will
always treasure the memory of the many times we spent
together, especially when my family frequently visited their
third-floor apartment at 520 Williams Avenue.
I have
many more photographs of my grandparents, but these
some twelve "Legacy Rooms" I have filled with this exhibition I
think well represent many of the highlights and
important times of their lives. I hope that by
reading and hearing what I have put on display
here within my few Legacy rooms, It will give you a sense
of how wonderful my family members
were. They were people who cared deeply for their family. Perhaps you will want to do something
like this for them too. All of my family elders are
gone now, but they are certainly not forgotten! We
had some family! And I too feel blessed that I create
this exhibition for them, within the confines of a
museum (albeit virtual), to honor their memory.
I hope
that you too will choose to honor the memory of your
family in this way, to claim your legacy in this
way, on your own terms, and in this way you will
feel that you have honored and preserved the memory of your own loved ones
for the present and future generations. Why not be
known to the world as someone who cared and loved so deeply
about your
family members that you wanted to "immortalize"
their memory? What will your legacy be? Contact the
museum at
steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com for more
information. And thank you so much for meeting and
getting to know my
family! |
