Mina teirer zaider
My grandpa jewish identity
Describe the first time you felt a
sense of your Jewish Identity?
Saba Jay's earliest memory of sensing his Jewish identity was at the age of 5,
When his father died, and he moved in with his great grandfather Chaim Yisroel
Bogansky.
he had a long white beard, and always spoke
Yiddish. He and Chaim Yisroel would always go to shul together, every single
Shabbat.
Describe a memory of celebrating a Jewish holiday when you were young?
Again, with his great grandfather, the holiday was Passover. He was the youngest one at the Seder table,
and he remembers having lots of people over. And to follow tradition, the
youngest child at the Seder table, (Saba Jay) would ask the questions. He also
recalls being 6 years old,
and helping
build the sukkah with Chaim Yisroel. They also slept in the sukkah.
What is your favorite Jewish tradition you practice today and why?
His favorite Jewish tradition to fulfill is to put on t'fillin every morning
and daven.
Saba Jay golfing in sunny Florida
The
most interesting thing I learned about my Saba is that he was so young to
really find himself as a Jew. He remembers being five or six and telling
stories about day to day experiences of Judaism
he had with his family.
G2G: Generation to Generation
תשע"ו, 2016
מילון
Mina teirer zaider"My dear grandpa" in Yiddish
ציטוטים
”Why are you crying to me God to the jews at the red sea“