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"Reading the NY Times November 25th I came upon Clyde Haberman’s 'NYC' column. Its head: 'Naming a Senator Who Can Follow Clinton’s Tough Act.' And its subhead: 'A black Catholic lesbian would do nicely, especially one from upstate.'"

"The JLC Board met, and we all vented and we all left feeling as if we resolved the problem, so why am I feeling uncomfortable?"

"I cannot describe the joy I feel in seeing so many young people in the Boston area committed to the Jewish Labor Committee, and to its role as a bridge between the labor movement and the Jewish community."

"It was a quiet evening toward the end of March, 2014."

"Since the beginning of 2010, I had been working with Marie Ariel, a wonderful librarian, to get the Boston Workmen’s Circle Library in shape."

"I came to Boston from DC in 1979, when I was appointed Director of the NE Region of the US Civil Rights Commission."

"One evening, toward the end of August in 1968, I received a call from someone named Stan Weir, explaining that he had just arrived in Washington from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and that a mutual friend gave him my name."

"I would love to claim that I have had an impact on my times."

"(I tend to begin most of these pieces with 'When.' When I was… When in the course… So here we go again.)"
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"I have previously written about my six years at the Jewish Labor Committee (1956-62), and the move to Washington DC in December 1964 to be the Education Director of AFSCME."