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"In 1933, I was five years old. My father had died in 1931, and my mother was finally able to come to grips with the fact that we should move from our four-room Beck Street apartment in the Bronx, to a smaller apartment that would cost less."

"The fall of 1947 was much like the fall of 1946 and 1945: classes at CCNY started right after Labor Day and I had a heavy schedule."

"The Passover Seder is a very important family event in the Jewish holiday calendar."

"The Passover Seder is the most important family event in the Jewish holiday calendar."

"I abhor waste. I am troubled by a society that is driven by built-in obsolescence."

"It was June 1952. The original plan--for Sylvia and me, together with our friends Sid and Barbara, to learn how to drive, buy a car and travel across the country during the summer--was scrapped."

"Growing up in the Bronx, I believed that Jewish families didn’t have pets."

"There are some things a father never forgets, and the birth of his first child is one of them."

"There is a spiritual which begins, 'Woke up this morning with my mind on freedom.' Well, I woke up this morning with my mind on the fact that this would have been our 56th wedding anniversary if Sylvia and I were still married."

"Imagine my surprise when I picked up the paper some time ago to learn that Jacob is the most popular boy’s name in the U.S."