Len Berk
By Len Berk
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Culture The mysterious case of Barbra Streisand and the missing half-pound of Zabar’s sturgeon
From the Forward's lox columnist, a tale of two singers — with a brief musical interlude
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Culture Now that Saul Zabar is gone, what will become of the ‘Over 95’ club at NYC’s leading appetizing store?
Nearing 96, the Forward's lox columnist remembers his last Thursdays with Saul
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Culture So, what do the lox-slicing knives at Zabar’s talk about when they think no one can hear them?
From the master of all lox slicers, a dialogue from a trio of sharp wits who worry about losing their edge
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Culture How the world’s greatest lox slicer celebrates his 93rd birthday
For the Forward's connoisseur of smoked fish, the momentous occasion involves plenty of Chinese food and plenty of beer
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Culture What have I, a 93-year-old lox slicer, done to deserve all this?
A story of friendship, 'Cabaret' and life after retirement
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Culture How not to commit a tantalizing Seinfeldian faux-pas in Chinatown
To steal the dumplings or let sleeping dumplings lie — that was the dilemma
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Culture The case of the missing keys — a Zabar’s lox counter mystery
How watching a classic film noir led our hero to find an elementary solution to a vexing problem
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Culture What a difference a Zabar’s hat makes
When it comes to the lox counter at one of the world's most famous gourmet grocery stores, clothes really do make the man
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