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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."
How I Have Been Outsmarting Everybody
"Some time ago, I wrote a piece that I called 'We Are Outliving Our Bodies.'"
To Endorse or Not to Endorse
"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?"
They Have to Have It
"These days, you can’t pick up a newspaper without coming across a story about some sexual transgression on the part of a prominent political figure."
My Life as a Writer
"As I write these pieces, surveying my life, it occurred to me to look back on my life as a writer. "
Dora Looks at Civil Rights
"It is so easy to forget events in one’s life."
Laundry Workers Union Education Director
"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."
My Career at AFSCME
I was rummaging through my files today (February 16, 2009) and came across a folder labeled AFSCME.
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."
...And Remains a Cow
"My mother had an expression which struck me as a meanspirited put-down, but rather accurate: In Yiddish: 'A kee gayt tzum Kiev, un kimt fun Kiev, un blaybt a kee.'"