Joanne Greenberg just celebrated her 92nd birthday on Sept. 24th. She said it was one of the best birthdays she’s ever had. One of her acts of celebration was going for a motorcycle ride with her Rabbi. Imagine cruising down one of those twelve-percent-grade Colorado switchbacks on a motorcycle at 92 years old. Another celebration
Gülfem Aşlakcı is currently working on her master’s thesis in the field of Comparative Literature. The topic of her thesis is as follows: This study compares the influences of characters in Peyami Safa’s novel “Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu” and Joanne Greenberg’s “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” through a psychoanalytic lens, grounded in the authors’
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of the musician-comedian Kinky Friedman. I appreciate his riotous take on anti-Semitism. According to The Forward, he died June 26th at the age of 79. Another song, “They Ain’t Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore,” recounts how a barroom antisemite is trounced by a Jewish cowboy.
During her time in Fire-Rescue, Joanne and her team saved a young child. One of the stories in On the Run chronicles the girl’s gut-wrenching, disturbing, yet inspiring story in detail. The little girl’s name is Lori Poland. Foothills Fire-Rescue recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, and both Joanne and Lori attended. Of course, Lori is