Cross the wide ocean,earn money slowly, slowly –bring family to safety – soon, soon! Papa went first to Cuba, trying to make enough money so their whole family could escape the increasing peril of merely being Jewish in Poland. Esther is the oldest child, ready to travel across the sea and help Papa grow their … Continue reading She writes hopeful, worried LETTERS FROM CUBA to war-darkened Poland, by Ruth Behar (MG book review)