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Watermelon in Winter

When my daughter is home from college she likes to go to the grocery store with me. It's something we used to do together when she still lived at home. Before Covid, I bribed her with a latte. I wanted the time to talk to her alone, away from her homework and her...

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The Melameds

This is Feige and Moshe Melamed. Feige was the sister of my great-grandmother. In the picture they are standing on the balcony of the hotel they owned in Kremenets, which at the time was Poland, and today is Ukraine. The hotel may have been called the Bristol Hotel or...

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New Stories and Reruns

My father has always loved Star Trek. He likes Spock more than Kirk and I think Picard more than either of them. Spock is not only undeniably Jewish, but the symbol for "Live Long and Prosper" is taken directly from the Levis, and my father, an egalitarian in every...

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