Borscht Belt
(The last letter is surely one I will need to revisit, there is too much to process all at once.) In the last letter Sylvia spent a long time talking … Continue reading
The Country and Christening a Rabbi
In this letter Sylvia leaves the city with Adrienne! The letter is longer and more detailed than many of the other letters. If you only have time to read a … Continue reading
The Impatient Years
This letter touches on a number of important topics. Sylvia is living in her new home. She visited her in-laws on the Lower East Side and then took Adrienne home … Continue reading
October 21, 1944
Alex darling – Your mother paid me a surprise visit tonight, and then in came Anna and Edward. It was pleasant to have company this rainy night. this note will … Continue reading
She will never pass into nothingness
*** I wanted to let this stand on its own so my commentary will follow soon. Sylvia may have gotten immortality as her yearbook picture caption but the girl below … Continue reading
Mommy says we have to be practical not beautiful.
Sometimes Sylvia wrote to Alex as a wife and sometimes she wrote as a mother. This is a letter from 1945 that Sylvia wrote out in the voice of Adrienne … Continue reading
Birth
Dearest – I love you… And if you love me- Come to the hospital In a 1-2-3! ______________ Gone to Beth Israel – Be calm, daddy. – (I am not!) … Continue reading
