Author Archive: Mimi Schwartz

MY TWICE-TOLD TALE: WHY I WROTE GOOD NEIGHBORS, BAD TIMES REVISITED

By Mimi Schwartz When I was growing up Jewish in Queens, New York after World War II, I was taught that America was a Melting Pot. And if I jumped right in, I could be like everyone else—even if my parents, who were refugees from Hitler’s Germany, said ‘moder’ and ‘fader’ instead of ‘mother’ and […]