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Emily Danies

Blog posts

  • Remembering the Triangle fire: The picnic that saved my grandmother's life

    My grandmother, Anna Palevsky Shomsky, was born in Kobrin, the great, great granddaughter of the Kobriner Rebbi. Her family was well educated, wealthy and religious.

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Recent blog posts

  • Reflections on the Theatre
  • An Un-Love Song
  • Mae Rockland Tupa: Artist and Author
  • For the Love of Children
  • Reflections on My Mom

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Jewish Women's Archive. " Emily Danies ." (Viewed on May 18, 2013) <http://jwa.org/blog/author/emily-danies>.