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Why did I follow him? Because he was old, newly recovered from illness, and I feared he had no strength? No; I was old myself. We had been married for many years. I knew what he could do...
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Robert left, taking the dog with him. He was spending the night at the bouncer's apartment so I would have our room to myself...
20m read Translated from Polish by Tomasz Mirkowicz
My father's sister Rose still remembers the first time she ate pork.
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The detainee was unsure whether to let hope sneak into his heart, and although he wholeheartedly wanted to avoid disappointment, he could not resist...
55m read Translated from Hebrew by Ruth Rowinski
Tom Zimmerman is in a foul mood. It is the hottest day of the year in Tel Aviv, 44ºC in August, and he is running 33 minutes late for work...
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"Beat the egg whites until they are light and fluffy," I said, reading from Nigella Lawson’s cookbook. "Mom, do you think my egg whites are fluffy enough?"
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In the middle of the night, Ella awoke with a start, frightened to death. Hailstones pounded on the shutters, threatening to smash them to pieces...
14m read Translated from Yiddish by Ellen Cassedy
Though it was the end of summer, the heat still waited outside front doors along with the morning newspaper, both boding ill...
20m read Translated from Hebrew by Sondra Silverston
As the next speaker rises from his chair and steps gingerly to the podium, the translator begins to sweat...
