Jennifer Meeropol is the granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and the daughter of RFC Founder, Robert Meeropol. Jenn became the Executive Director of the RFC on September 1, 2013. Prior posts on this page were written by Robert (unless otherwise noted), and represent his opinions, which are not necessarily shared by the RFC.
A confession – I love Thanksgiving. My wife and I, plus our children and grandchildren, celebrate on Cape Cod with my brother and his family. It is such a warm and cozy break from what is often the most frenetic time of the year at the Rosenberg Fund for Children. I often joke – my family will say much too often – that I give thanks on Thanksgiving for surviving until Thanksgiving.
A few days ago The New York Times published an article entitled: "Occupy Sandy: A Movement Moves to Relief." I read a similar story two days later published by the Associated Press.
The gist of the stories was that veterans of the Occupy Wall Street movement acted quickly to fill the void left by traditional and governmental relief agencies for those in the areas of Nassau County, Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens most devastated by Sandy.
As the article reported:
The endless electoral campaign is finally over and Obama won. As far as I can tell, while the Senate is slightly more liberal, the overall political configuration is similar to what existed before the election. How does that impact the Rosenberg Fund for Children?
At the RFC’s offices we escaped the worst of Sandy’s wrath. We were well to the north of the storm’s center and far enough inland to avoid serious flooding and massive power outages. After one, hurricane-shortened workday, we were back to normal at the RFC.
A friend sent me a pre-publication copy of an article featured in the November 2012 issue of the prestigious journal Foreign Policy. The article, by Peter Buck Feller, entitled "Declassified," tells the story of what he learned from his father's KGB file, and the common thread he found in other “children-of-spies” memoirs.