A most(ly) annual grandpa Abraham Makofsky Memorial Day shout-out.

As we sit here on Memorial Day our thoughts are drifting to TBWCYL, Inc. spokesperson Ben Tanzer's grandfather Dr. Abraham Makofsky, who not only served in World War II, but led a long and varied life as an activist for peace, community organizer, volunteer for the American Friends Service Committee, academic and finally, near the end, short story writer. He was one of a kind. He is missed. And if you are so inclined please take a moment to read his obituary, because he should be remembered, he is here, and we appreciate the indulgence.

Abraham Makofsky. World War II veteran. Peace activist. Community organizer. Volunteer for the American Friends Service Committee. Academic. Grandfather. And at the end, short story writer.

A most annual Dr. Abraham Makofsky Memorial Day shout-out.

As we sit here during the waning hours of Memorial Day our thoughts are drifting to TBWCYL, Inc. spokesperson Ben Tanzer's grandfather Dr. Abraham Makofsky, who not only served in World War II, but led a long and varied life as an activist for peace, community organizer, volunteer for the American Friends Service Committee, academic and finally, near the end, short story writer. He was one of a kind. He is missed. And if you are so inclined please take a moment to read his obituary, because he should be remembered, he is here, and we appreciate the indulgence.

A Dr. Abraham Makofsky Memorial Day thing.

We haven't done this before, and we can't even find a photo to jpeg, but as we sit here during the waning hours of Memorial Day our thoughts are drifting to TBWCYL, Inc. spokesperson Ben Tanzer's grandfather Dr. Abraham Makofsky who not only served in World War II, but led a long and varied life as an activist for peace, community organizer, academic and finally, and near the end, short story writer. He was one of a kind. He is missed. And if you are so inclined please feel free to read an interview Ben conducted with him and Ben's mother Judith Tanzer back during another time not so different from this one, as well as, his obituary. He should be remembered. He is here and we appreciate the indulgence.

Interview madness, Take One. A family legacy. 1996.

This is going to be a week semi-fraught with interview madness, though please note that these are not interviews with TBWCYL, Inc. spokesperson Ben Tanzer, but interviews conducted by said spokesperson. A bigger and different literary-type three-way interview will be coming out on Thursday, and please do await it with bated breath, but in the interim we thought we would roll-out an old interview we did with Ben's mother, Judy Tanzer, and grandfather, Abraham Makofsky, long-time social workers and peace activists, which only more recently become available electronically. It provides an interesting social justice time capsule of sorts as it came out in 1996, and yet it is also somewhat timely given that Passover has just come and gone. We hope you enjoy it and we are fairly sure it will change some lives, though we are less sure whether it will be your life or someone elses.