“When people think about Africans they usually have the notion that we are all like the Graffiti figures behind us: Spear in one hand and a Bone stuck to our head. We hope that one day people will see us the way we really are, and not in a preconceived way.”
Meet brothers Simcha (87, left) and Natan (80). “What kept us together all these years was a good sense of humor. We tend to look on the brighter side of life. If you don’t, you become an ‘old fart’, regardless of your age.”
“Listening to and playing the piano is like hopping into a time machine and going back to when I was a kid in Poland. Every note I play is like pressing a different memory cell. When I play, even my taste buds start to work and I can feel the taste of the amazing tzimmus my mother used to make. I can even smell the scent from my mother’s kitchen. It’s a great walk through memory lane. With the right music, you either forget everything or you remember everything.”
