A daughter’s novel, a mother’s sentence

I was working at a weekly newspaper in Rockland County, N.Y., when the infamous Brink’s robbery unfolded nearly a half-century ago. The tragedy that shocked the community is still commemorated on Oct. 20 every year. The story came somewhat full circle in April 2026 when I ran into Judith Clark, a getaway driver convicted inContinue reading “A daughter’s novel, a mother’s sentence”

A Mother’s Escape from the Nazis, a Son’s Dedication

“My mother’s tragedy was losing her entire family at 17,” Roger Peltzman says in the film, “Dedication.” “Mine was knowing yet not knowing them, what you might call the presence of absence.”