Like most Jewish mothers, Lillian loved preparing a feast for the Jewish Holidays. Whenever we could get to New Jersey, she always made a banquet, and even in her little apartment, she would include her sister and brother-in-law, Helen and Abe. She [Read more...]
My mother-in-law, Lillian, loved to crochet afghans. She made them for new baby presents, new home presents, wedding presents, and for any and every other occasion. She made quilt-sized ones and lap-sized ones. She crocheted [Read more...]
When she first got married, Lillian lived close to her mother’s home. It must have been a hard decision to move to another town and not be able to walk over to her mother’s house. Lillian and Paul probably moved from Paterson, NJ, to Hackensack, [Read more...]
In the 1930s, Lillian worked as a bookkeeper in a boarding house in Paterson, New Jersey. Paul was working as a house painter and was active in the democratic party in Paterson. We know they were dating as early as 1936 as Paul was in the family [Read more...]