Ruth’s Truths by Ruth Morris

Ruth’s Roots — Part 2 Every year, people from America take part in a tour called “March of the Living.” These are organized tours, where people go to both Poland and Israel, to see sites …[READ MORE]

Polish Roots –My paternal grandparents were born in Poland. As a child, I tried to keep this a secret. “Polish jokes” abounded; I did not realize then that Jewish comedians themselves perpetrated these jokes by …[READ MORE]

One of my English-teaching colleagues here at Culver City Middle School created a verb out of me. She says that, when I grab hold of a topic I am passionate about, for example, when I …[READ MORE]

My mother died seven months from the age I am right now. That event of twenty-seven years ago caused some radical changes in my life that have continued to this day. I developed an urgency …[READ MORE]