Traditions or thoughts about personal is political.

[karen levy]

Traditions or thoughts about personal is political.

Jew, Spanish, Ladino, Turkish, Arabic, French, Hungarian,
Abuse, female and Parent's Immigrant Success story
Struggle against anti-semitism,
Father sells shopping bags,
Aunts work in sweat shops.

Father and Uncles march on the Lower East Side
for better working conditions.
Mother lives with boarders in the Bronx,
distributes communist literature
but knows not to sign.

Husband's Great, Great Grandmother
Yetta Sumter, German Jew, born 1825
hid slaves on the underground railroad
his mother spoke out for justice
her brother joined the civil rights struggle

Soviet Jewry, Israel/Palestine, abortion,
Women's Studies, Sexuality
anti-war, peace with justice,
WBAI, WESPAC and Concerned Families
and the march goes on - traditions never die