4 = our hens Te Lwecia Faga Srolowits Ade Gardner eur house yn Gthuaniauty Hertah~ ie, Qrrem, nee Lam the middy “Go oheh Selomon, 7. 7 syeerseld oa 2 yeep, a hil the anly gr firs Th pean ein, of 7 childvest My ee old September 27, 1961 Today is my birthday. L am now ten years old and Fapashka gave me this journal to write in, QIl this poper zest for me! He knows how much I waxt te learn, s¢ new even theugh L cannot ge te scheel like my brothers, I can practice sums and copy lessens th here. Hershel said he would teach me Hebrew, and Solemen will help me with Kussian. I do not wart te have a head as empty as a leaky old hetle isthe stent Hele) ore is od xy Hebrew mirror coe AE & sec, of Weoet T like pelo: eared bd desea Gr aithaererg The | delet gine) bet aleph : jo og rok, Hie KO” sree branches. io ww Here is the stant ie Russian alpha bey” be BSB CAE eae usin n Praty Gealetictnnee ey Lithuanian, becann ste trey 're marching. 13 Gust a small part Glew, y mother Russia. Wag= While my brothers study, aes ee eee @ 4 Oo eer ee Sissi heie Lf would be even better te 40 te school, but heder is only for boys and Papashka cannot pay a tutor for me. "“Ectucating « daughter, that's throwing meney out the window," he says, Then he hisses me on the top of my head and whispers, “But ter you, T would doit — if T had such money.” He would, tee, I knew it, even if Mama vould frown and kyit her brow at suck a waste This was my birthday present trom Isadere ~ a pesteard of a heder scene. He said it’s 30] can feel part of a schoo! just by looking at it. Solomon laughed and said all the boys look se trosen in the picture, it would make me relieved not “te have te ge. They de look cold, but seeing all these books before them makes me hoger te burn the pages. with them.