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Curses
"Something upset me the other day, and I automatically responded with a curse."
Accents
"Growing up, I was aware that different people spoke differently."
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."
An Evening with Theo Bikel
"When I first heard that there was going to be an evening with Theo Bickel, I pictured a group of people in a large living room noshing, drinking and schmoozing with the great singer and actor."
The Boston Workmen's Circle
1979-2015
"I came to Boston from DC in 1979, when I was appointed Director of the NE Region of the US Civil Rights Commission."
Memories of My Mother
"I am 88 years old. My mother died at 62."
Revised draft of "Memories of My Mother" (2014)
Revised draft of "Memories of My Mother" (2014)
Memories of My Mother
"My mother died 63 years ago today, March 12, 1951."
A Monument for my Parents
"My father died June 30, 1931. I was 3½ years old."
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."
...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.'"