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A Roof Over Your Head
"I have been thinking about all the places I have lived over my 81 years."
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."
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."
My Mother's Birthday
"Today is November 3, 2008. Since my mother was born on November 3, 1888, this would be her 120th birthday. "
Mishpukhe
Alternate (earlier?) version of Mishpukhe
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."
I'm Sticking to the Union
"I recently read an excellent piece by Elaine Bernard of Harvard’s Labor and Worklife Program in the Fall 2008 issue of DSA’s Democratic Left."
Shopping for Clothes
"When you are a pre-teen, it goes without saying that your parents buy your clothes for you."
#42 Gambling
"When we were kids, we were always gambling."
...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.'"