In this column, I usually write about my kids and my experiences as a parent, but this month I decided to interview my own father, David Himmelstein.
He’s a screenwriter, and his latest film, “My Name Is Sara,” is the first one he’s written on a Jewish theme. It tells the true story of a 13-year-old girl who survives the Holocaust by hiding under a secret identity in the Ukrainian countryside for two years, utterly alone in a stark, isolated place.
Sara never spoke about her experiences to her children, but late in her life she gave two interviews to the USC Shoah Foundation; these formed the basis of her story as seen on screen.
Updated: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 7:16am
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The longstanding gaps in public health, health care delivery and health insurance systems that worsened COVID-19 s impact remain and could leave the U.S. vulnerable to the next pandemic.
The halting progress of coronavirus vaccines has injected a few CCs of hope into the pandemic s ongoing awfulness. But the same longstanding gaps in public health, health care delivery and health insurance systems that worsened COVID-19 s impact remain and could leave the U.S. vulnerable to the next pandemic.
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Part 1: Holes In The Dike
When a pandemic floods American shores, the U.S. relies on scientific experts and public health officials to work the proverbial pumps and fill the figurative sandbags. That goes double for those who live, learn, work and play in the nation s vulnerable socioeconomic lowlands.