A Memory Journey

Faith & Traditions

Faith here is less a doctrine than a rhythm: candles, a table, a week set down gently. Follow the traditions that returned every Friday, whatever else the year had done.

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Who you'll meet

HalHarlan's brother HarlanThe subject of every story

The memories

In the order they happened — walk them slowly.

  1. Nov 2019

    Two Briskets, One Oven

    The year the rabbi came early and the kitchen nearly caught fire.

    Coming soon
  2. Dec 2020

    Shabbat With No Candles

    The year the power went out, and we lit the week anyway.

    Coming soon

Photographs

Faces from these memories. Open one to step into the full gallery.

Wander further

2 memories Humor The stories that made everyone laugh, and a few that still do. 2 memories Family & Home The people he came from, and the home they made together. 1 memory Childhood Growing up in Toledo — the streets, the small adventures, the beginning of everything. 2 memories Loss & Memory What remains after someone is gone — and how the remembering keeps going. 1 memory Objects & Places The small, unremarkable things that turned out to hold a whole life.

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More ways to walk the archive.

Person Hal Harlan's brother 10 memories Journey Humor The stories that made everyone laugh, and a few that still do. 2 memories Person Harlan The subject of every story 10 memories Journey Family & Home The people he came from, and the home they made together. 2 memories Journey Childhood Growing up in Toledo — the streets, the small adventures, the beginning of everything. 1 memory Journey Loss & Memory What remains after someone is gone — and how the remembering keeps going. 2 memories
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