Fredda Nightingale
By Fredda Nightingale
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Culture In my Passover memories, the magnolia trees of Brooklyn are always in bloom
When I was growing up in Borough Park, springtime arrived with the scent of latkes and blossoming trees
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Culture In translating Yiddish letters, an entire heartbreaking history comes back to life
For many years these letters were quietly lying dormant. First they were in my parent’s three-story walk up in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Their bedroom faced the street and gave proper homage to “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” — a giant magnolia tree in front of their window, heralded all the seasons. Wafting through the air…
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