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A Child’s Jewish New Year in the Bronx (with apologies to Dylan Thomas)
"From the age of 10, my mother made it clear to me that I had to go to Shul on Rosh Hashana--Yom Kippur. She did not go to Shul. I went alone."
A Roof Over Your Head
"I have been thinking about all the places I have lived over my 81 years."
Going to the Movies
"Now that I have cable TV, I am able to see a movie 'at any time of the day or night.'"
Stickball
"Growing up in the Bronx in the '30s, the game of baseball was known to us as the sport played by professional ball players with names like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig or Mel Ott."
Irving Plotnick
"It seems I knew Irv forever. "
Marriage
"Skimming a review in the New Yorker of Elizabeth Gilbert’s book 'Committed,' about her marriage, got me to thinking (again) about mine."
Junior High School My Most Favorite Educational Experience (And My Longest Memoir)
"It is mid-December, 2011, and for the past month I have been reliving my life in junior high school."
Junior High School
My Favorite Educational Experience
Further condensed/revised version of "Junior High School: My Most Favorite Educational Experience
(And My Longest Memoir)" (2011) and "Junior High School: My Favorite Educational Experience" (2011/2012)
(And My Longest Memoir)" (2011) and "Junior High School: My Favorite Educational Experience" (2011/2012)
My Connection to Sophie's Grandson Itai
"Having just returned from the Bar Mitzvah of Itai Squires-Kasten, I began thinking about my connection to Itai and his family."
My Friend Phil
"My friend Phil turned 84 July 30, 2011, and I want to tell his story—at least as much as I know."