evielitwok·Jan 10, 2021On November 9th 1938, Nazi paramilitary and civilian groups carried out mass acts of violence…A short time after Kristallnacht, my grandfather Israel Kohn and other Jewish leaders were told of the impending doom for the Jewish…
evielitwok·Jun 3, 2020People say coronavirus is like prison. I can tell you: it’s not.I live in New York City which is at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. I wear a face mask to walk my dog every day. People pass by and…
evielitwok·May 8, 2020My mother was a Holocaust survivor, but she was always more worried about my happiness.“It will be harder for you to be in prison than it was for me to be in a concentration camp.”
evielitwok·Sep 24, 2019Needed: A Jewish Response to Mass IncarcerationI am a formerly incarcerated Jewish lesbian and the child of two Holocaust survivors. I served time in two federal prisons, including…
evielitwok·Apr 13, 2019Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman will be ‘traumatizing,’ experts say by Suzy ByrneIt looks like Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman will at least be doing some time in federal prison for their parts in this college…A response icon1A response icon1
evielitwok·Sep 3, 2018Witness to Mass Incarceration Prison Strike Op-Ed September 3,2018Before I left, my mother told me that prison would be harder for me than surviving the holocaust was for her. By the time I was…
evielitwok·Jun 22, 2018Prison Is No Place For The Elderly-Even Paul ManafortPrison Is No Place For The Elderly — Even Paul Manafort