On Shabbat Chanukah of 2006, my older sister Sandy passed away. Raised a secular Jew, she had arranged to have her body cremated and gave her friend Brian, a Buddhist, power of attorney. She wished to have her ashes and those of her daughter, my sweet niece Ola who...
Author: Jeanie Silver
Fighting for Sandy: A Woman’s Struggle to Give Her Sister a Jewish Burial
Finding My Way Back: Shlomo’s Story
I was an extremely creative child. I was a big reader. I would paint, draw pictures and write short stories and poems. I played guitar, bass and drums and wrote music. And I loved the great outdoors—camping, hiking and fishing. We moved around a lot when I was a...