Misha's Spiritual Resistance In The Ghettos

As Misha has become a part of the Milgrom’s family, he adapts to their religion, changing his identity. While Mr.Milgrom is explaining the concept of Hanukkah to Misha, he tells Misha, “‘..and we remember to be happy and proud to be Jews and that we will always survive. This is our time. We celebrate ourselves.’” (Spinelli 157). Misha does not have a set identity, so he does not have a religion. He does not even know if he is a Jew, a Gypsy, although he calls himself a Gypsy. Here, he has become a part of the family, he has become a Jew, and he is learning their religion. This is a key part of adapting his own identity. In the article Spiritual Resistance in the Ghettos, it is described that religious services were forbidden, so many of the