The OMG Passover birthday

Dear Editor:

Editor’s Note: This article was written and sent to Heritage right after Marcia Hahn read Myrna Ossin’s recipe for a Passover birthday cake (“Birthdays during Passover? No problem when it comes to cake!”, April 4, 2025, issue.) The letter was in a pile with several subscription envelopes and finally made it to the editor’s desk on May 5.) Our apologies.

My daughter, Cathy Hahn, was born April 18, 1963. For this story, it’s the year that matters.

We grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. in the middle-class Midwood neighborhood. All my children went to the local public schools.

When Cathy went...