“I Cannot Stand Idly by” by Hedy Epstein
After President Obama’s acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, a prize he does not deserve, it is a good time to model what real peacemaking looks like. It is not beautiful speech making. It is…
Category: Hedy Epstein
Hatred/1 by Hedy Epstein
Before starting my work for the U.S. Civil Censorship Division in Germany, I was to spend two weeks in training in Poissy, located just outside Paris. I was joined by other young German and Austrian…
The Real United States by Hedy Epstein
Not long after I came to the United States, I began to work for the New York Association for New Americans (NYANA) near New York’s City Hall and later in the agency’s shelter on West…
Leaving Germany by Hedy Epstein
We left Kippenheim for Frankfurt where I was to join the Kindertransport. My mother’s younger brother had just gotten married, and he and his bride lived near there and we visited them so that I…
Women in Black
Every second Tuesday of the month, we hold a vigil of Women in Black in University City. Usually, these are uneventful. People may support us, some take our flyers and say thank you, others refuse…