of a home for jews, and only year before i was born, the first world jewish congress was formed in bussel, switzerland, the first candle was... lit and it was supposed to shine light to the dark corner of the world. i was less than 9 years old. mean it was in 1906 when my parents and shina and zipka, the other two daughters of the family arrived in the united states. shino was 17 years old and zipca was 4 years. younger than me, the us was a place that seemed to be the promised land for the whole world, my dad had gone to new york a year earlier and we spent that year in belarus. in 1906 we decided to join my dad. in milwaukee, wisconsin. at that time, the second wave of immigration to palestine, the promised land had begone. my father did not want to experience another displacement. many of our fellow jews tried to persuade him to go to palestine instead of the us, but there was still no government and law in that land. i was still a teenager and i was considered an unofficial member, but i found the continuation of my dream in a group that might be... the first jewish labor party. in th