It was just 13 days after a gunman had opened fire in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 worshippers and injuring 7 others. It was 80 years to the day after Kristallnacht.

We stopped while the security guard apologetically checked our handbags…

She had no business being there, and she knew it. By law and custom, she should be at home. Not just at home - alone. As she had been for the last 12 years…