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It’s a Very Appalachian Hanukkah (by Erika Meitner)
Being Jewish in small-town Appalachia around Hanukkah time is an exercise in resourcefulness. We have no synagogue here–only a lay-led Jewish Community Center. The president of the center is very fastidious about keeping the…
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The Stud Duck is coming soon!!!
Behold! Two well-satisfied readers of The Stud Duck!
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Elegy with Rouladen, Feliz Navidad, and Clay (by Erika Meitner)
My grandmother, my Oma, my father's mother, Greta Platschek Meitner (zikhronah livrakha)–died Monday morning at 12:45am. She was 92 years old, and she was my last surviving grandparent. I've written many poems about my…
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The Post Before the Post (Bildungsroman Holiday by Jessica Piazza)
Thanksgiving has come to its inevitable end, and my family has finally departed, ferried to their several Brooklyn-bound flights and safely landed. This means I can now do three things: 1) clean 2)…
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“Put on your Yarmulka…” (by Erika Meitner)
\I got back yesterday from a week in New York with my immediate and extended family for Thanksgiving, and I’ve almost recovered. All conversation is always being conducted at a yell in my family–think…
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Monday @ KGB: Ben Mirov & Reb Livingston
November 29 Hosted by Laura Cronk, Megin Jimenez and Michael QuattroneReading starts at 7:30pmAdmission is FREEKGB Bar * 85 East 4th Street * New York, NY 10003 * Phone: 212-505-3360 * www.KgbBar.com <http://www.kgbbar.com/> …
