Home at Last

A little orphaned girl who turned away from a life she loved to return to her Jewish roots. The story of Goldine Ehrenfeld Teicher

Belgium, 1945. A seven-year-old Jewish girl paces the hall of the Jewish orphanage. She clutches her necklace — a cross. Back and forth, back and forth across the hall. Finally, she comes to a decision.

The little girl walks through the corridors until she reaches her counselor’s room. She knocks and enters. “Here, Mademoiselle Miriam,” she says, gently removing her necklace.

“This not my G-d. I don’t need this anymore.”