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The Schmooze Animating Brodsky In a Room and a Half of His Own
When the Russian-born American poet Joseph Brodsky won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1987, he was asked whether he thought of himself as an American or a Russian writer. “I am Jewish — a Russian poet and an English essayist,” he replied. Born into a Jewish family in Leningrad in 1940, he was exiled…
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News Yid.Dish: Mimoza Salad
This is a traditional Soviet party dish, so put on your party hat, cause it’s gonna be GRATE! (Sorry, I just can’t help myself. Bad puns are like a disease.) You’ll need: A can of your favorite fish. I used сайра (sorry; I don’t know how to say it in English!), which looks a lot…
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