Larry Smith
By Larry Smith
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News Jewish Fathers in Just Six Words
What’s the essence of the Jewish father? This was the question the Forward posed to you in a contest to write six-word tributes to your fathers and grandfathers for Father’s Day. Six words may not seem like much to work with for a people with so much to say. And there are few topics that…
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News Jewish Mothers, in Just Six Words
With Mother’s Day around the corner, we asked you to share your take on the wonderful, complex, loving and occasionally crazy-making entity called the Jewish mom — in exactly six words. Why so few? Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged in a bar bet to write an entire novel in just six…
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