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#39 Poetry
"This may be a bit premature, but I am writing this as the introduction to the section of my memoirs containing the scores of poems I have written over the years. "
Yiddish and Me
"Vos ken ich zugn fun Yidish? What can I say about Yiddish? "
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."
Through My Eyes A Brief History of the JLC
"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."
My Mother's Jewishness
"I clearly inherited my sense of Jewishness from my mother. "
The Boston Workmen's Circle Library
"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."
Am I an Adjective or a Noun?
"I woke up this morning with my mind on adjectives."
Israel
"When I was growing up, the concept of a Jewish State was a dream."
Jews: Present and Absent
"In August 1997, my son David and I traveled to Eastern Romania and Kishinev in Moldova."
Famous Jews
"When I was a kid in the ‘30s, one of my favorite activities, along with my friends on Fox Street, was identifying famous Jews."