Cup of Honey

or ten-year-old Lazorek Hershenfis in Radom, Poland, life with his family is joyful. Lazoreks father, Israel (known as Srul) operates a leather-cutting business, and the family spends idyllic summers harvesting fruit from orchards in the nearby countryside. His brothers Mayer and Abush work as tailors to supplement the familys income and Lazoreks sister Chaya is a kindergarten teacher and a playmate especially cherished. A deeply respected healer in the community, Lazoreks beautiful mother Rivka shows him the meaning of caring unselfishly for others. But what is given does not always appear to be returned in kind, as Lazorek discovers on his journey into the ghetto and the concentration camps. Lazorek survives and journeys to Palestine, taking the name Eliezer Ayalon. A new life begins.. . but can memories be forgotten? With A Cup of Honey, Neile Sue Friedman and Eliezer Ayalon impart the richness and endurance of the family love that inspires the Holocaust survivor to perpetuate the lives of those he lost by telling their story.