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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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Support Poets! Here’s your 2018 Holiday Gift Guide [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
Of course poetry books top your gift lists but you can also support poets by ordering gifts from poets who, whether by inclination or necessity, make things that you can wear, eat, hold, and…
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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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Much Depends on Dinner: Cooking Latkes with Gabriella Gershenson [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
"Fried things are highly popular at any celebration: they add a piquant variety to the menu; they are nice to look at, possess all of their original flavor, and can be eaten with the…
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“Francois Villon Begins His Journey” [by David Lehman]
François Villon Begins His Journey [in…
