In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her family's background. Her father was born to a poor religious Jewish family in Nuremberg, Germany that had migrated from Poland. His…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her immediate family's escape from the Holocaust. Much of her family did not make it out of Europe alive. Suzanne reflects on the…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross remembers the development of her morality as a child (starting at 00:09:58), both in Mozambique, while observing the life of her family's Black…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross recalls her early experience of being exposed to Zionism in Palestine on the kibbutz in the 1940s, before the creation of the state of Israel.…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir, Suzanne Ross traces her profound Jewish identity, shaped by her family’s flight from Nazi-occupied Belgium during WWII. As a child refugee across Europe, North Africa, and Palestine, she learned…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross explains why she produced these memoirs, part 1 of 2.
From Suzanne: "For my daughter and grandchildren as they have always been very interested…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross explains why she produced these memoirs, part 2 of 2.
From Suzanne: "For my daughter and grandchildren as they have always been very interested…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross speaks about the timeliness of creating her memoirs post-2023. From Suzanne: "There’s always so much more to do, and now PALESTINE, especially…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross provides an overview of her life, part 1 of 2. From Suzanne: "I was born in 1937 in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invaded the country and my…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross provides an overview of her life, part 2 of 2. From Suzanne: "I was born in 1937 in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invaded the country and my…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross is celebrated with a slideshow by Joe Friendly. From Suzanne: "For my 70th & 75th birthdays. From my birth in Antwerp Belgium in 1937 to my escape…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her life from her birth in Belgium in 1937 through her family's travels to France, Spain, North Africa, and Portugal, ending with her…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her life after leaving Portugal and arriving in Mozambique with her family in 1941, reflecting on aspects of her family's morality in this…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her arrival in 1944 at Haifa Bet Alfa in Palestine, a British colony at the time.
From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her time on a kibbutz in Palestine between 1944 and 1945.
From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her family's journey from Palestine to Tripoli, Egypt, and finally arriving in the United States on December 25, 1945.
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her family's arrival in the United States on December 25, 1945 and her family's adjustment process.
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross reflects on what has been significant for her development of strength and dialectical thinking throughout her life—from her time on the kibbutz in…
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross reflects on the 40+ years she has lived in Washington Heights.
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross speaks about her decision to attend Barnard College after finishing high school.
From Suzanne: "I went to Barnard, was determined to gain…
