Wisdom Project | Charlotte Goode, 97, a Woman Who Supports Women
I believe being a mensch and always doing for others what you wish for your loved ones and yourself on a daily basis is most important.
Wisdom Project | Philip Drill, 97, on Sculpting a Moral Life
Philip Drill, the eclectically gifted construction company CEO, sculptor and family patriarch, stresses the importance of living an honest life.
Wisdom Project | Reggie Schatz, 98, Says “Family Is Everything”
The Wisdom Project at Moment: Inspirational conversations with wise people who have been fortunate to live long lives
This week’s conversation is with Regina (“Reggie”) Schatz,...
Wisdom Project | Joseph Werk, 97
Joseph Werk shares his story of escaping Poland during WWII and his involvement with the IDF’s volunteer service Sar-El.
Wisdom Project | Morris Waitz, 100, Keeps Thinking About Tomorrow
A fortune teller predicted Morris Waitz would die in World War II. Now 100, he says he “beat that by a little bit.”
Wisdom Project | Lusia Milch, 92: “Doing Nothing Is Not Acceptable”
Lusia Milch, the spokeswoman for “Lives Eliminated, Dreams Illuminated” discusses her tough survival of the Holocaust and her message for Jews to never give up their fight to eliminate antisemitism.
Wisdom Project | Manny Lindenbaum on the Joy of Making a Difference
My aunt couldn’t stop hugging me. I didn’t remember ever having been hugged in my life. I remember thinking, “This is kind of nice.”
Wisdom Project | Gloria Levitas, 92 and counting!
Confidence also comes from the people who trust you; in my case, my parents, friends, bosses, students—they had confidence in me.
Wisdom Project | Lucille Weener, 90
My parents never spoke “Jewish” at home—they wanted their kids to be American. But the year the survivors lived with us, I learned Yiddish in teaching them English.
Wisdom Project | Agnes Biro Rothblatt, 90
“There was no food, no heat. My mother scavenged for wood from bombed and abandoned houses to get heat. Eventually, the Iron Curtain closed the country. My parents felt that we had no future there. We were considered too bourgeois.”
Wisdom Project | Eleanore Carsons, 104
The Wisdom Project at Moment: Inspirational conversations with wise people who have been fortunate to live long lives
This week’s conversation is with Eleanore Carsons, 104,...
Wisdom Project | Erika Hassan, 92
Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1931, Erika Hassan survived the Holocaust in the mountains before emigrating to the United States in 1946.