The Sassoon Society

“Yep had lot of jobs before I went into the retail trade” Charley Rashidi tells it. “I was in the Merchant Marines out of New York Harbor during the world war where I was in charge of purchasing much of the supplies for our boys overseas. Really ran the day-to-day operations of the base. Got to know everybody and everybody got to know me.” “A bullshit artist that’s my brother Charley” that is what Zaki would always say about him behind his back. “Makes a big deal about being in the Merchant Marine which was never much of anything. Only joined to keep out of the draft. Makes me laugh too because I joined the army right off and fought throughout Europe while he stayed home as a little file clerk. But ask Charley and he’ll tell you he was personally responsible for America winning the war.” From: CHARLEY RASHIDI.. Sarah and Abraham (Abe) Klein lived ordinary lives for most of their existence. There were the ups and downs money troubles sickness and disappointments but nothing uncommon. It changed in their golden years. They’d become wards of the court so to speak or better said pawns in the struggle between their daughter Abigail and son-in-law Zaki. In the process they’d lose their freedom and their lives. Supported financially by their daughter and living under her roof they became the subjects of pity. They also became defenseless in the face of attack by their son-in-law. From: PEACEFUL LIVES STRETCHED TO THE END... So begins two of Elias Sassoon’s stories in “The Sassoon Society.”