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A Last Night of Chanukah Poem
(when Chanukah and Christmas ended at the same time)
"It’s the last night of Chanukah and all over town / The Jews and the Christians have now settled down"
Yom Kippurs Past (And Present)
"I may have written about some of this before."
Thanksgiving
"It is still a couple weeks before Thanksgiving, and a couple days before Election Day."
New Year's Resolutions
"It is January 1, 2016. HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
Thoughts About Pesach and the Seder to be Shared With My Children
"Tomorrow will be the first Seder night."
Pesach
"I like Pesach. I like eating matzah. I like Seders."
L'Shanah Tovah
"It is still the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and I just wrote a piece about 'Happy', inspired by the wish 'Happy New Year.'"
Holiday Stories
"The High Holidays are over, and I just read a story by S Y Agnon called The Etrog."
Khanike Stories
"I am pleased that my khaverim at the New England Jewish Labor Committee, the Yidisher Arbeter Comitet, are sharing Khanike stories on line."
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."