Dad lost his job, and as Mom explained, “He is lucky to find other one.” His new job meant I had to say goodbye to my classmate, my school or everything else I love in the world. To make matters bad, now I have to share a room to my younger sister, Maggie. Tomorrow is ...
such asonea few weeks ago calling President Obama’s Chanukah party an “abomination of a mockery,” calling rabbis in attendance “Rabbis” and calling an Orthodox yeshiva “leftist.” Headlines ontoday’s front pagealone include “Obama says goodbye to a nation he despises”; “You can’t ...
Looking back, I see how Mom’s one-word declaration was about the two of us being lucky to have each other, but it was also about her certainty that the girls would keep holding me up. Their presence that morning reassured her, and I now imagine a handoff taking place, as if being ...