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This week, I share an interview with my grandfather, who passed away when I was 15 years old.
My grandfather, Jay Shalmoni (I called him “Zayde”), was the most resilient person I’ve ever met. He survived the Holocaust, lost his entire
family, 8 siblings and parents all murdered, and he suffered the worst traumas anyone could have experienced in the death camp Aushwitz where he was tortured for years. Despite all of that, he chose to push himself to get up, look towards the future, wake up excited and smile. He would draw a happy face on my arm and lit up every room with his zest for life.
You’ll hear his words in his own voice, sharing his mindset and how that enabled him to live a good life- in an interview with Steven
Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation.
Special thanks to Cathy Heller and her podcast “Don’t Keep Your Day Job” for the inspiration to put this show together. Her song “Gonna Make a Change” is featured in the intro and ending of this podcast.
