Thursday, February 2, 2017

The Last Time We Closed the Gates


My family made it to the United States just before it slammed the
door on most Jewish immigration. Jared Kushner’s grandmother
wasn’t so lucky. Will today’s refugees suffer a similar fate?
by LIZZY RATNER
THE LAST TIME WE
CLOSED THE GATES
Family album: The Ratowzer house
in Bialystok; an ID card for Max and
Moishe Ratowzer; Osher in Germany,
en route to the United States.

The Nation Magazine
Lifeboat: The RMS
Aquitania ferried
the Ratowzers and
countless others to
t
Aquitania ferried
the Ratowzers and
countless others to

the United States

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