Sam Litvin

Sam Litvin

Sam Litvin, a Ukrainian immigrant to San Diego, is a world traveler, finding Jewish stories wherever he goes.

His books, available on Amazon, include:

*Your Story, Our Sipur: Discovering Our Common Threads: Photography and Stories of Jewish Culture from Jerusalem to Santiago

Diary of a Benny Gantz supporter

I have to vote. If it’s the last thing I do. I’m there, I’m two minutes early. My sweat is dripping of my face as I look at the hall with twenty other Israelis my age waiting to cast their vote.  I sign a paper saying I couldn’t vote at my poll. I couldn’t, I didn’t think I’d make it there. I take care to write the information carefully. I do my best to do everything perfect. I can’t screw up again.

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Middle East, Sam Litvin

The reason behind the rioting in Israel

Editor’s Note: Riots erupted in cities throughout Israel after an a bullet fired at the ground by an off-duty police officer on Sunday reportedly ricocheted and killed Solomon Tekah, 19, a member of Israel’s Ethiopian Jewish community.  At a memorial service on Tuesday, Tekah’s father, Workah, declared: “We respect the laws and customs.  Why are

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Sam Litvin

Michail Tochman, Holocaust Survivor, 1926-2016

Michail Tochman, the last known survivor of the Odessa Ghetto and Concentration camp died Wednesday, July 28, of complication at 90 years of age. His recounting of life under German and Romanian occupation and the concentration camp where he was one of only 7 survivors is here. He wrote it, my sister translated his text.  —

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International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, Sam Litvin