My grandmother was born in Buda, Hungary and my grandfather was born in Pest, Hungary. My grandparents met in kindergarten. They emigrated to Israel in 1948 by taking a ship from Europe to Israel. They were both in the Israeli army. My father was born in 1959. After being in Israel for 16 years, they tried to get a Visa to enter the US but were declined entry so they moved to Montreal in 1964. After three years, they received their Visa to enter the US. My grandparents and their children learned English while in Montreal. In 1967, they moved to NYC. My father and his sister did their schooling in the NYC public school system while my grandfather learned his trade as a jeweler. Eventually, my father came to MA to go to college and as a result we are all MA residents.