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Jason was different from the other handsome Jewish boys I met in college at Syracuse. I\u2019d liked him the second my roommate\u2019s boyfriend introduced us, in the fall of 1995.<\/p>\n

He went to nearby Ithaca College, and on our first date, I was struck by our similar backgrounds and values, even with him growing up in New York and me in California. He was fun, and his faith was central to his life. \u201cIt\u2019s because of what my grandparents went through,\u201d Jason said. \u201cThey are Holocaust survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMine too,\u201d I told him.<\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t talk much more about that. Too heavy a subject for a first date. Besides, neither of us knew much more. His grandparents, like mine, rarely spoke about their wartime experiences.<\/p>\n

Sweetness and joy, not sadness, filled my grandparents\u2019 home. They lived in Florida, and I visited them two or three times a year. Their house always smelled of fresh-baked sugar cookies or my favorite, Grandma Ada\u2019s chocolate chip cake.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen your father was little, I fed the neighborhood kids till their bellies burst,\u201d she told me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s true,\u201d my father added. \u201cShe was always in the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every so often, I\u2019d catch a glimpse of the numbers tattooed on Grandma Ada\u2019s arm. One time, after getting my ears pierced, I asked why she never wore earrings. She cringed.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Nazi guard tore my earrings out,\u201d she said, her voice shaking. She straightened up. \u201cNo more talk about that. Your earrings look pretty. Now, have a cookie.\u201d That was the last she ever said about it.<\/p>\n

It was my father who told me that Grandma Ada had been a prisoner at Auschwitz, one of the most notorious concentration camps. The tattoo on her arm was an identification number put there by her captors. Grandpa Leo survived a different camp. They met after the war and emigrated to New York City.<\/p>\n

That was when their history seemed to start. Grandpa Leo told stories about working several jobs as a waiter to support my grandmother and my father. Grandma Ada talked about parties they threw.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shared holidays with other families who survived,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd so many simchas, <\/em>joyful occasions…weddings, bar mitzvahs, graduations, anniversaries. Life went on.\u201d<\/p>\n

They took me to temple for Shabbat, Friday evenings and Saturday mornings, and I got to see families celebrate their simchas<\/em>. For blessings over the wine and the challah, I joined the other children up front to drink a cup of grape juice and eat a bite of the braided bread.<\/p>\n

Back at my grandparents\u2019, we lit Shabbat candles and ate a feast, starting with Grandma\u2019s soup and ending with her chocolate chip cake.<\/p>\n

At my own bat mitzvah, my grandparents beamed with pride. \u201cThese traditions are important,\u201d Grandma Ada told me. \u201cWe must keep them alive.\u201d She didn\u2019t need to say why. Passing on her faith made sure that a part of all those who had died lived on.<\/p>\n

Something Jason understood. After our first date, I knew we\u2019d made a real connection. I asked him to my sorority\u2019s winter formal. We spoke on the phone a lot over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

At home for Thanksgiving break, I got a call from Jason. We chatted a bit about our holidays. Then Jason said something odd. \u201cTell your father that Jaffa, Jerry and Simon say hello.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy uncles, Jaffa, Jerry and Simon Bergson,\u201d Jason said.<\/p>\n

My father was surprised when I mentioned those names, and so were my grandparents. \u201cNadzia and Milton\u2019s boys? They were our dear friends back in New York!\u201d Grandma Ada said.<\/p>\n

The story came out. She had first befriended Nadzia in Auschwitz. After the war they lost touch, until years later, when they bumped into each other one day on the street.<\/p>\n

My grandparents were thrilled I was dating Jason. \u201cIt\u2019s bashert<\/em>!\u201d Grandma Ada declared. \u201cMeant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was right. In 1998, Jason visited my grandparents and told them he planned to propose. As soon as I said yes, Grandma Ada got us a silver Passover Seder plate and Elijah cup. \u201cTo use with your family… and your children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Jason and I have done just that. Our twin sons are named in memory of their great-grandmothers. They are a constant reminder of how sweetness and simchas <\/em>can grow even from the deepest sadness.<\/p>\n

Try Grandma Ada’s Chocolate Chip Cake<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n

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