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Mishpukhe
"As an only child of a widowed mother who had a sister in Paris and a brother in Vaslui Romania, I didn’t grow up with a lot of family around."
Mishpukhe
Alternate (earlier?) version of Mishpukhe
My Mother's Birthday
"Today is November 3, 2008. Since my mother was born on November 3, 1888, this would be her 120th birthday. "
Family - A first draft
"I was born in the Bronx in December 1927 to a mother who had come from Vaslui, Romania and a father who had come from Kishinev, Bessarabia which was part of Russia."
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."
My Life (in summary form)
"When I was at City College I heard a story about a professor who required his students to show him their note books at the end of the semester."
My Mother's Jewishness
"I clearly inherited my sense of Jewishness from my mother. "
A&P Files for Bankruptcy
"I have a new routine. Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, I take the T to Boylston Street and walk over to Tufts Medical School to take part in a study."
Getting a Bargain
"I may have written about this before. It is a subject that is constantly in my thoughts."