Instagram à la 1950

Instagram à la 1950

10 February 2021
The photo album had been sitting in my possession for years, patiently awaiting my attention. When I finally got around to scanning it – the last of my mother's albums that I digitized – I was thrilled to find high quality images and delightful captions penned in white ink on the black pages. A 1950s precursor of Instagram or Facebook. At some point in her life, Bernice had the good sense to remove photos from the album that were irrelevant to her story. Only the captions remain on the pages, hinting at what she discarded. Bernice's photo album tells the story of the summer of 1950 – a time of love and excitement in her life. In June, Bernice graduated from Syracuse University, where she had majored in journalism. Not only was she the first person in her family…
Four Generations Meyer-Saltzman-Mishli 1989

Truths My Mother Taught Me

30 July 2010
I did not write this post. The title's "Mother" is my grandmother, Ruth Radman Meyer; "Me" is my mother, Bernice Meyer Saltzman. My mother wrote and delivered this speech in February 1995. Fifteen years later, I am still impressed and inspired every time I read it. This tribute to my grandmother is also a testament to my mother's outstanding abilities as a scholar, writer and parent. I am publishing it this week to honor my mother's memory on her 10th yahrzeit (anniversary of her death). Truths My Mother Taught Me Presented by Bernice Meyer Saltzmanto the Jewish Women's Club of Richmond VATuesday, February 28, 1995 Bernice Meyer Saltzman 1994 One of the blessings of being sixty-something is that you are in the position of learning from people both older and younger than you. Recently the young 39-year-old Rabbi Simeon Glaser of…