Every Wednesday is Yiddish class in my home. We sit around the kitchen table from 7pm until 8:30pm, but seldom do we finish by then. First there is all the news of what special things happened to us during the week. Mostly we read in Yiddish and really find the Forverts, Vayter, about the right level for us. The group of men and women are about as high an education level as you will find in a heterogeneous group. Because we have an Israeli and a German speaker, the unusual words often are known. Otherwise we resort to Weinreich's Dictionary.
Another activity that you will read more about in the coming days is my helping Jim McGovern write his memoirs. Jim is a dear friend and has led a remarkable life. Twelve years ago he lost his two and a half year old grandson to Megakaryoblastic Leukemia--a very rare form of Leukemia. The survival rate was 4% at that time. After being depressed for 3 years he decided to raise money for Leukemia research. His remarkable success is part of the book of this self-made man.
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