Rachel Rosmarin
By Rachel Rosmarin
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Life Grandma’s Gefilte Fish
Every year just before Rosh Hashanah, my mother and I engage in a ritual attempt to approximate my grandmother’s gefilte fish recipe. The recipe itself is an approximation. She cobbled it together from other Holocaust survivors, and perhaps gleaned a few tips from women in a displaced persons’ camp, perhaps remembering bits from what her…
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Life 6 Funny Jewesses On Twitter
When my mother retired not long ago, I suggested she join Twitter. “You’ll love it,” I insisted. “It’ll make you laugh.” She gave it a go, but claims that only old standbys like Albert Brooks and The Daily Show’s Twitter accounts crack her up reliably. Far be it from me to defend Twitter’s raison d’etre…
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