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Adapted from the memoir HOME FREE: Adventures of a Child of the Sixties By Rifka Kreiter to be published May 16, 2017 I took a break from political activism when I fell in love with Alan Rosenfeld in the summer of ‘68.   We met through my ex-roommate, who had been friends with Alan at NYU.  He was … Continue reading 5. ALAN

Adapted from the memoir HOME FREE: Adventures of a Child of the Sixties By Rifka Kreiter to be published May 16, 2017 Eighty-Seventh Street between Central Park West and Columbus was a quiet, tree-lined street when I lived there from 1965 to 1969, the longest I’d ever stayed in one place until that time.  My apartment was … Continue reading 4. CITY COLLEGE, CLASS OF ‘69

Adapted from the memoir HOME FREE: Adventures of a Child of the Sixties By Rifka Kreiter to be published May 16, 2017 Ten days after I impulsively walked out of WHN with my boss’ grudging permission to take a few days off, I was back in the city.  When I learned I was fired, I was embarrassed … Continue reading 3. MARCH ON– PART 2

Adapted from the memoir HOME FREE: Adventures of a Child of the Sixties By Rifka Kreiter to be published May 16, 2017 In the spring of 1960, the street corners of Manhattan’s Upper West Side sprouted card tables with petitions to get Adlai Stevenson the nomination as the Democratic candidate for President.  Stevenson was the darling … Continue reading 1. JFK & Me