A Holocaust Survivor Raised a Fist to Death

She was Jewish, but to live she needed a Christian name. She could not be Natalie Leya Weinstein, not in wartime Warsaw. Her father wrote her new name on a piece of paper. Natalie Yazinska. Her mother, Sima, sobbed. "The little one must make it," Leon Weinstein told his wife. "We got no chance. But the little one, she is special. She must survive." He fixed a metal crucifix to a necklace and hung it on their daughter. On the paper, he scrawled another fiction: "I am a war widow, and I have no way of taking care of her. I beg of you good people, please take care of her. In the name of Jesus Christ, he will take care of you for this."
PUBLISHED: Aug. 5, 2011
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1634 words)

Dorsey High's football program is about more than athletics

Under Coach Paul Knox, football offers a haven from the streets where players can learn to break free of tackles, on field and off.
PUBLISHED: Dec. 4, 2009
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6063 words)
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