Tamara T. Helfer is a former research astronomer, science educator, and program developer with broad interests in the intersection of history, genealogy, and storytelling. She was a 2023 Yiddish Book Center Translation Fellow. Her website is at MyWindingRoad.com.
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The Art of Umshvaygn
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The shvaygn that was passed down in my own family like a kind of inheritance left me yearning to fill in the silences.
May 04, 2026