Remembering Sgt. Rose Lubin – The Jerusalem Post
Growing up in America, “cousin” was a specific term. We spoke of relatives as first cousins, second cousins, third cousins. From Rabbi Berel Wein’s history cassettes, I learned that in Europe the Yiddish word “kuzyene” wasn’t specific. Family was family. Cousins would travel far to attend the happy or sad occasions of a distant cousin.Sgt. Rose Lubin, of blessed memory, was my kuzyene.My mother’s maiden name was Lubchansky, which […]