Siegelmania

A Poet Passes: Stanley Siegelman, 87

By Daniel Treiman

Stanley Siegelman was never at a loss for words — and they always rhymed. Over the past decade, Stanley, who died of cancer on April 11 at the age of 87, regaled Forward readers with his light verse, first as a contributor to this newspaper’s “Der Yiddish Vinkl” column, more recently with his online “Siegelmania” column and occasionally on our opinion page.Read More

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My Sundays With Stanley

By Bob Brody

Toward the end, as he lay dying, pretty much all I wanted to do was make him laugh. I called him every week with a line or a joke or a story he might find funny. I plied him with levity. And laugh he often would. Even so, I suspected that as I tried to humor him, he was actually humoring me. Together, we whistled in the dark.Read More

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By Stanley Siegelman

’Twill come, I know, as no surprise. / (I speak, of course, of my demise.) / The signs abound, for all to see: / A curtailed life expectancy.Read More

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Ed Koch, Unabridged

By Stanley Siegelman

In a new installment of Siegelmania, Stanley Siegelman pens a poem about the renaming of New York City’s Queensboro Bridge in honor of the city’s 105th mayor.Read More

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Chicago’s Next Mayor

By Stanley Siegelman

Chicago has elected former White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel as its next mayor. When Emanuel takes office, he will be the first Jew to lead the city.Read More

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Former Madam Aspires To Be Governor

By Stanley Siegelman

NEWS ITEM: Kristin Davis, a former madam, who once served a three-month jail sentence for prostitution, is running for governor of New York. In a recent debate with fellow gubernatorial contenders, including Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino, Davis advocated for the legalization of marijuana.Read More

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The Restaurant That’s Glatt Treyf

By Stanley Siegelman

NEWS ITEM: Traif. That’s the name of a restaurant located in the heart of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg, not far from the neighborhood’s Hasidic enclave.Read More

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An Ode to ‘Feh’

By Stanley Siegelman

An expletive beyond compare,/And one which every Jew can share!/We write of feh, a word robust/That’s used to register disgust.Read More

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Photographic Exposure in Israel

By Stanley Siegelman

NEWS ITEM: A photographer who is famous for taking pictures of voluntarily nude crowds at sites around the world is planning to bring his shtick to Israel. He will stage the event on the shores of the Dead Sea, where naked masses are expected to attend.Read More

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Three Jews, One Bench

By Stanley Siegelman

NEWS ITEM: Elena Kagan has been confirmed by the Senate as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, joining two other Jews in that role. For the first time, three Jews will be serving on the court simultaneously. The other justices are Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.Read More

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