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Forbidden Thoughts
I have been committed to equal rights for all for as long as I can remember. (Fragment)
Tags: Confessions, Fragment, Labor Movement, Politics
Untitled
"For a lot of years—say from before the turn of the century (the 20th) until the 1960s—there was a group of remarkable Jewish labor leaders leading what was known as the Jewish unions." (Fragment)
Pesach
"I like Pesach."
Tags: Childhood, Fran, Jewish Identity, Judaism, Newton Centre Minyan, Passover, Yiddish
An Addendum to Eating Out
"I recently wrote about eating out, describing the 'eateries' I patronized with my mother, and with my first dates, and in high school and college: candy stores, delicatessens, luncheonettes, cafeterias and restaurants."
Eating Out
"Those of us who are 'children of the depression', when we heard the expression 'eating out', assumed it meant taking a sandwich somewhere."
Tags: Bronx, Childhood, City College (CCNY), Culture, Food, Money, Stuyvesant High School
Day of Rest
"I have a bumper sticker on my car that reads: 'The Labor Movement. The Folks who Brought you the Weekend'."
Tags: Aging, Fragment, Jewish Identity, Judaism, Mother, Observations
Curses
"Something upset me the other day, and I automatically responded with a curse."
Tags: Humor, Language, Observations, Yiddish
College
"Soon after I became involved with Fran (a euphemism for all that takes place before we married), we found ourselves, among other things, comparing our undergraduate college experiences." (Fragment)