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Survivor And Inherited Trauma - The Shoah and 10/7
Featured on The Times of Israel Blog There has been so much shared of survivors’ accounts of the atrocities they lived through in the Holocaust, but not nearly enough of the trauma they’ve passed onto their children, their children’s children and what future generations may have to bear. If we only consider the approximately 11 million victims murdered in the Holocaust – of which there were six million Jewish lives, there must be at least that many survivors of family member

Robert Don
Nov 26, 20255 min read
Kristallnacht - Through the Eyes of a Schindler Survivor's Son
Featured on the Times of Israel Blog On the night of November 9-10, 1938, Nazi German leaders unleashed a nationwide antisemitic riot. This week marked 87 years after this unconscionable event. The violence was supposed to appear as an unplanned outburst of popular anger against Jews. But in reality, it was state-sponsored terror of Jews manifested in vandalism and fear. The riot came to be known as Kristallnacht – "The Night of Broken Glass" or "The November Pogrom." The

Robert Don
Nov 13, 20254 min read


Yom Kippur's Meaning to the Son of a Schindler Jew
Featured in The Times of Israel blog On Yom Kippur day, October 1993, my rabbi’s sermon in synagogue was the story of the upcoming...

Robert Don
Oct 3, 20253 min read


Why Did I Become A Writer – The Story I Needed To Tell
I decided to change careers from my professional background in corporate banking, senior within risk management, to becoming a writer...

Robert Don
Jul 23, 20253 min read


My Overbearing Mother and I (Robert Don) – Was It All The Right Love
I was raised with overbearing affection by my mother, so that I felt growing up no one could have loved me more. She was always there...

Robert Don
Jul 23, 20253 min read


Intergenerational Trauma – The Hidden Voices After The Holocaust
While much has been told about the atrocities of the Holocaust survivors, their descendants have trauma too. There has been so m uch...

Robert Don
Jul 21, 20251 min read
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