ONE JEWISH FAMILY

Amalia flew from LA and met us at O'Hare. I took this picture with my cell phone! The three kids took the train and went to Lollopalooza and we took Amalia's suitcase and went north to the suburbs to stay with Jordie's cousin Ika (Judy) and her husband Shlomo. I discovered Ika last winter on jewishgen.org. (Jordie thought almost everyone on his mom's side died in the Holocaust and we were so, so happy to discover FAMILY in Chicago! It's as if we have known them for years.)


Lynne and Jordan during our 25th-anniversary vacation week with the kids!




I asked Adam to take good care of his little sis at Lollopalooza and he really did, protecting her from bodysurfers and getting her through the crowds.





Abby went out to LA to visit Amalia earlier in the summer, just hanging out with her book and sketchpad at Starbucks while Amalia worked. The girls have blondy-browny hair, and when she was younger, Amalia had freckles. When somebody says to Amalia "You don't look Jewish!" she says "This is what a Jew looks like!"