Every Movement Counts
Robert Friedlander is, among other things, a neurosurgeon. Whenever he is working inside someone’s brain, excising a brain tumor or fixing an artery, he is in a state of heightened awareness. In his line of work, wandering just a millimeter off could mean nicking a nerve, clipping a blood vessel,
altering lives.
What Do I Know? Dr. Robert M. Friedlander
My mother’s father was born in 1905 in Pinsk, in the old Soviet Union. He was Jewish and had witnessed pogroms against his people, during which half of his family lost their lives. In fact, his father and some of his brothers were killed right in front of him. So, when he was 15, my grandfather escaped, with the equivalent of just $30 in his pocket, and went to Paris. There, he hopped a boat to Cuba.