Amerika / America Anfang der 20er Jahre / Early 20s Brooklyn Durch / Through Früh / Early Geboren / Born Gerührt / Moved Ihr / Her Kam / Came Oma / Grandmother Polen / Poland Russland / Russia Sie / She Weg / Way
I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
Since I was a boy - born into a farming family in Bonaire, GA - I've had agriculture running through my veins.
My grandmother - my mother's mother - was a German Jewish refugee, an only child who came here from Berlin in 1936 at the age of 17.
I did have a very advanced grandmother, my mother's mother, who wanted to buy me a camera. My parents wouldn't let her. Eventually she won, and I got a camera in about 1948, a Voigtlander.
My grandmother was a chef, and she taught me to cook. One day I want a restaurant, a small Italian grill. That's my aspiration.
I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things.
We came around the corner, I kissed her and after I kissed her she relaxed. And then I grabbed her and kissed her again and she was shocked! And that was what we wanted.
Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.
Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.
