Ep 557: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guest Caryn Bachar on hmTv

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 557 of Raised by Survivors on hmTv, host Bernie Furshpan welcomes Caryn Bachar for a heartfelt conversation between two childhood friends who grew up in the shared world of Holocaust survivor families in Brooklyn and Queens.Together, Bernie and Caryn reflect on what it meant to be raised by survivors, from the anxiety, overprotection, food, humor, accents, and deep family bonds, to the powerful lessons of resilience, education, Jewish identity, and moral responsibility. Caryn shares her parents’ wartime experiences, including her father’s time in the Russian army and her mother’s traumatic survival story from Poland, where violence and loss shaped the rest of her life.The episode also explores how survivor families built community, how children became the treasured center of their parents’ lives, and how the next generation inherited both love and responsibility. Bernie and Caryn discuss Israel, antisemitism, misinformation, diversity within Jewish life, and the urgent need to teach young people critical thinking, empathy, and respect.Warm, honest, emotional, and at times funny, this episode is a powerful reminder that being raised by survivors means carrying memory forward while choosing grit, compassion, education, and hope.Support the show