Politics Writing

WASHINGTON- Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump followed a night of tense debate with a day of solemn tribute on Wednesday, attending a series of events marking the 9/11 anniversary and briefly shaking hands before a memorial service at Ground Zero in New York City.

This presidential election is seriously stressing Americans out. With an attempted assassination, plenty of name-calling, and a last-minute candidate switcharoo − the 2024 contest feels anything but routine.

Arye Ephrath lived a large portion of his first three years as someone else. Born in Slovakia on the day the first Jews in his town were ordered to train stations to be deported to Auschwitz, Ephrath has a unique story of survival.

He hid his religion by posing as the daughter of a Christian family, complete with a pink bow and the name Anna. His parents were sheltered by a separate family who had a large stack of hay in the backyard under which they dug a ditch to live for eight months. When t