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Bearing Jewish Children After October 7
“As the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, I have often thought about the weight of what it means to bring Jewish children into the world,” writes Candace Mittel Kahn for The Free Press. (Images via Getty and Candace Mittel Kahn, Illustration by The Free Press)
‘Be good, be strong, and don’t forget us,’ my great-grandfather wrote to his son before he was killed in the Holocaust. We won’t. The new life growing inside of me is my promise.
By Candace Mittel Kahn
10.07.24 — Parenting
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Last week, I sat in synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and listened as a congregant stood in front of the crowd to deliver a few words of wisdom called a Dvar Torah. The congregation, like so many others around the world that day, was quiet and eager, desperate to hear something hopeful and sensemaking after a year of tragedy and disbelief.

“We live at a time,” …

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Candace Mittel Kahn
Candace Mittel Kahn is the executive producer of Honestly and audio projects at The Free Press.
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