Diane FormanCognoscenti contributorDiane Forman is a widely published essayist who lives, writes and teaches on the North Shore.Recently publishedMy mother's family survived the Holocaust. Now I’m finding faith on my own termsFor most of her life, Diane Forman felt like a religious misfit. Then she moved to a new town after her divorce and joined a church.CognoscentiMar 22, 2024Are fears of authoritarianism in the U.S. hyperbole? What would my German grandparents say?My grandparents almost missed their opportunity to escape the Third Reich. I wish my grandfather was still alive so I could ask him to compare the U.S. today to pre-1933...CognoscentiJul 29, 2022Is my family’s Holocaust trauma woven into my DNA?Diane Forman believed that visiting the death camp where her great-grandmother was killed could help her heal from her family's trauma.CognoscentiOct 14, 2021My Family's Home Survived Nazi Germany, But Not Modern LifeDiane Forman went to Germany to see the house where her mother lived before her family fled the Nazis. She didn't find what she expected.CognoscentiMar 19, 2021
My mother's family survived the Holocaust. Now I’m finding faith on my own termsFor most of her life, Diane Forman felt like a religious misfit. Then she moved to a new town after her divorce and joined a church.CognoscentiMar 22, 2024
Are fears of authoritarianism in the U.S. hyperbole? What would my German grandparents say?My grandparents almost missed their opportunity to escape the Third Reich. I wish my grandfather was still alive so I could ask him to compare the U.S. today to pre-1933...CognoscentiJul 29, 2022
Is my family’s Holocaust trauma woven into my DNA?Diane Forman believed that visiting the death camp where her great-grandmother was killed could help her heal from her family's trauma.CognoscentiOct 14, 2021
My Family's Home Survived Nazi Germany, But Not Modern LifeDiane Forman went to Germany to see the house where her mother lived before her family fled the Nazis. She didn't find what she expected.CognoscentiMar 19, 2021