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The photo above was snapped in Algiers during World War II. The attractive young woman is a French Jewish refugee, had fled the Nazis with her family in 1940. She would soon marry the serviceman shown and move with him to the United States.<\/p>\n

Three-quarters of a century later, I met her online.<\/p>\n

Edith is ninety-seven now, and a regular participant in the Spanish-English language exchange<\/a> I host through Zoom. A more recent shot is below.<\/p>\n

Edith joined our group in early June. I guessed when she logged in that she wouldn’t have to show ID to qualify for a seniors’ discount, but also never imagined that she was much older than, say, eighty.\u00a0 \u00a0I function in the online events as an on-screen usher, rarely can offer more than a quick greeting to participants before transferring them to virtual chat rooms. I knew that Edith always logged in with clean video and audio and that others seemed happy to chat with her.\u00a0 That was about all.<\/p>\n

\"Edith<\/a>
Edith Kulstein in 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A few weeks ago, she happened to mention her age before logging off. Many, many years have passed since I last interviewed anyone\u00b9, but I thought I could dust off old skills to produce a video<\/a>.\u00a0 A ninety-seven year old Zoom user deserves the attention.<\/p>\n

\u00b9 Edit, a few hours later<\/span>: since I last interviewed anyone professionally<\/em>, I should have written.\u00a0 Sorry.\u00a0 Didn\u00b4t I interview Ximena<\/a> for this very blog in 2018? …<\/p>\n

Edit #2, next day<\/span>: … or the Stanislaus Humanists<\/a>, met and interviewed<\/a> in Central California while awaiting my Spain visa in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The photo above was snapped in Algiers during World War II. The attractive young woman is a French Jewish refugee, had fled the Nazis with her family in 1940. She would soon marry the serviceman shown and move with him to the United States. Three-quarters of a century later, I met her online. Edith is… <\/p>\n

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