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LIFE AND DEATH IN JUNE 

By David Perlstein | June 5, 2026 |

June means a great deal to me as an individual, an American and a Jew. Sunday is the 123rd birthday of my father, Morris, in Warsaw, Poland. In February, 1906, age two-and-a-half, Dad came to America with my grandparents—Sam and Kaylah—along with Aunt Alice (older) and Aunt Etta (Younger).  As half the team of Morris…