Miami Proud: Every Family Has A Story, Bubbie’s Is Heroic And Hilarious

By Lauren Pastrana, CBS Miami

January 21, 2021

For Russel Lazega, becoming a writer was practically forced on him. His grandmother, his ‘Bubbie’, wouldn’t take no for an answer.

“She was determined that I write down her stories and tell what she went through to get to this country,” Lazega said.

Using his Yiddish grandmother’s accent, “and so she’d say,‘ I want you to write these things down, a million dollars they’ll pay you for my book,'” he said, quoting her.

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