metslove:sportsnetny:The Mets’ Ike Davis, shaking hands with Leora Klein, met Monday with a group of
metslove:sportsnetny:The Mets’ Ike Davis, shaking hands with Leora Klein, met Monday with a group of grandchildren of Holocaust survivors.Davis Shares His Family’s Holocaust HistoryMets first baseman Ike Davis is half Jewish and not religious. But he is acutely aware of the two distinct branches of his family history, which have a common thread in World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust. Davis, whose father is Baptist and whose mother is Jewish, had many relatives on his mother’s side who died in the Holocaust, and one great aunt who survived it.(…) One member, Leora Klein, said she was the grandchild of four Holocaust survivors and mentioned to the group how important it was that Davis was willing to identify himself with this cause because he was “young, successful and hot.”When everyone laughed, Klein added, “Hey, we celebrate life here.”Continue reading… NYTimes“I thought it was really cool meeting with them,” Davis said. “These are people around my age who are trying to keep alive the memory of their family members and loved ones, maybe even people they never got to meet, so people never forget what happened.” Wow. As a grandchild of four Holocaust survivors and a devout Mets fan, this is just too much for me to handle. Didn’t think I could love Ike more than I already did but here I go…This is amazing. I love history and Ike and…yeah. Way to keep being awesome, Mr. Davis. -- source link
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