Joseph Berg­er was a New York Times reporter, colum­nist, and edi­tor for thir­ty years, and he con­tin­ues to con­tribute peri­od­i­cal­ly. He has taught urban affairs at the City Uni­ver­si­ty of New York’s Macaulay Hon­ors Col­lege. He is the author of Dis­placed Per­sons: Grow­ing Up Amer­i­can After the Holo­caust and lives in New York City.