The Story

Jewish families all over the world are gathering together this week to celebrate the Jewish New Year. The holiday has extra meaning for Rebecca Schorr and her father Stephen Einstein. As far as they know, they're the first father-daughter duo working together as rabbis in the same synagogue. Also in this episode: a listener story about an accident with the actress Mercedes Ruehl. 

Arizona restaurant owner Harjit Sodhi lost two brothers to hate crimes after September 11, 2001 - a time when many Sikhs were targeted. He says the justice and kindness in America convinced him to stay in the U.S. But now tougher immigration laws threaten his business. Also on the show: one family's unexpected confrontation with the police.

Katie Chung never thought much about race while growing up in Burlington, N.C. But everything changed for her when she married her Korean boyfriend and decided to take his last name. Now she constantly has to explain herself to people who don't know what a woman named Katie Chung is "supposed" to look like.

Now in her 80s, Louise Bicks clearly remembers the more humble way she and her family lived on their small farm. One of Louise's favorite stories is about the blood transfusion given to her mother by a local doc. The doctor drained blood out of her father's arm into a pitcher, then got the blood into the arm of Louise's mother. Also on the show: Jeanne moved to a rundown neighborhood and began planting gardens in the parkways between the sidewalks and the streets. Then, another edition of Ahmed's Diary. And finally, a woman remembers being bullied by Girl Scouts.